N.C.
Now when I had the money honey things were just fine
You spent my money like I was a mine
But now you mistreat me ‘cause my money is gone
So gold digging Mama you can start moving on

N.C.
You shoveled out the sweet talk when the pay dirt was big
But now all you shovel out is just a dirty dig
Well stop digging honey ‘cause you’re wasting your time
This old gravy train is at the end of the line

Oh the gold rush is over so honey bye-bye
Stake out your claim now on some other guy
I’ve wined you and dined you till my money is gone
But the gold rush is over and the bum’s rush is on

N.C.
You’ve been out prospecting all around on the side
But this old mule now has had his last ride
So start walking woman ‘cause your grubstake is gone
The gold rush is over and the bum’s rush is on

Oh the gold rush is over so honey bye-bye
Stake out your claim now on some other guy
I’ve wined you and dined you till my money is gone
But the gold rush is over and the bum’s rush is on

People come for children and take them for their own
But they all seem to pass me by and I am left alone
I know they’d like to take me but when they see I’m blind
They always take some other child and I am left behind

No mother’s arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry
Sometimes it gets so lonely here I wish that I could die
I’d walk the streets of heaven where all the blind can see
And just like all the other kids there’d be a home for me

(spoken)
I just can’t seem to figure out Why the folks all pass me by
Cause I know that it’s true that god takes Little blind
children with him in the sky

And they tell me that I’m oh so pretty And they seem to
like my big curls of gold
But then they take some other little child And I’m left
here all alone

Chorus
I’m nobody’s child, I’m nobody’s child
I'm like a flower just growing wild
No mommy’s kisses and no daddy’s smile
Nobody wants me I’m nobody’s child