Leigh Mac - Hart Island the Beautiful and Free Lyrics

Salty banks of a sandstorm
Chartered a ferry boat in the cold
Sea birds dance, sun shines down
New York City in the background
Oh, it could be so nice
It could almost be a paradise
Everyone is someone they say
Until they don't have the money to pay
Well, they sent you there to lie alone
Didn't even give you a headstone
They gave you the name of unknown
But do not fear, I'm with you here
A child is born and takes a breath
First smiles, first laughs, first steps
How could they be the first to fall
Did they even rock them in that hospital?
Now they're a child on their own
With a city view and a setting sun
Doing cartwheels on an endless lawn
A child of someone's
Every child's a child they say
Unless the virus takes them away
Well, they sent you here to lie alone
Didn't even give you a headstone
They gave you the name of unknown
But do not fear, I'm with you here
She had a boy with a million dollar smile
A gentle soul with the heart of a lion
He lived his life like a shooting star
Made a thousand fans at the piano bar
He met his true love by the sea
But he couldn't take him home to his family
And when they called her on a Saturday
She heard the news and turned away
Everyone is someone they say
Until they don't have the money to pay
Well, they sent you here to lie alone
Didn't even give you a headstone
They gave you the name of unknown
But do not fear, I'm with you here
A lanky frame, a teenage grin
Older friends where his parents should've been
A wrong move in a wrong place
Sent him down to Rikers with a ball and chain
He thought he'd get a chance to change his luck
But they gave him a shovel and saved a buck
Now gravedigger's on his resume
And in the memories he drinks away
Everyone is someone they say
At least until you get in the way
Well, they sent you there to lie alone
Didn't even give you a headstone
They gave you the name of unknown
But do not fear, I see you here