Well, all the dreams have gone from my worried mind   Ain't no pretty pictures left by luck's design   And baby, I'm just a leaf hanging on my family tree   I'm just a leaf hanging on my family tree      And it's a weak branch that's been hanging me   April, if you May, comes to June and July   All these months to the flame and still no butterfly, boy   I'm just a leaf blowing on my family tree   I'm just a leaf blowing on my family tree      And it's strong wind that's been blowing me   Baby, don't you cry, it won't matter to you   'Cause every bad life goes by   And your mama loves you, yes she does      Now, there's a lotta good things that my daddy did   But there ain't no burden like an unplanned kid   And baby, I'm falling now, don't know where I'm gonna land   I'm falling now, don't know where I'm gonna land   Half in the shadows, honey, and half in the light, that's right      Baby, don't you cry, it won't matter to you   It won't matter to you   'Cause every bad life goes by   And your mama loves you