No One Knows My Name

by Gillian Welch

From the album: Soul Journey

Track 6 of 10 on Soul Journey (2003).

Duration: 3:15

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Lyrics for No One Knows My Name

Oh my mother was just a girl of seventeen Oh my mother was just a girl of seventeen And my dad was passing through Doing things a man will do When my mother was just a girl of seventeen It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all And I have a life to claim Though I really don't know my name It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name But it's written up in the sky And I'll see it by and by Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Well I had a good mother and dad just the same Well I had a good mother and dad just the same And they took me to their breast And they surely stood the test Well I had a good mother and dad just the same But there ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Just another baby born To a girl lost and lorn Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind On the crowded street I see A stranger's face that looks like me Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind That there ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name But I'll see it by and by Cause it's written up in the sky Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name

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