You should hear the things that they say about me
They re saying "She s no better than she needed to be"
They don t know that he was kind and strong and tender
And now I ll never be another Unwanted Number
Unwanted Number
How can I tell them?
How can I express?
How it felt to step out of this life and into his embrace

How can I tell them?
How can I explain?
All the love that I never had I found in him

There may be a stain on the family name
And if my father was here I think I know who he d blame
Mama says that he just doesn t care to remember
And all he thinks of me is another Unwanted Number
Unwanted Number

(How can I tell her?
How can I express?
How it felt when he came to my room
And helped me to undress
What can she tell me?
How can I believe
That she really didn t hear me cry
When he wouldn t leave?)

There s a local game where they whisper my shame
They say "He gave her his child
He wouldn t give her his name"

They will torture me from January till September
And soon there s going to be another Unwanted Number
Unwanted Number
Unwanted number

And I will give my love to another Unwanted Number
Unwanted Number
Unwanted Number

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