Expert: Mel Priddle - 3/18/2007

Question
Hi, several of us are trying to remember the name of the song and singer.  The song is about a little girl hiding behind the couch and seeing a picture of Jesus on the wall.  She is hiding while her daddy is beating her mom.  Thanks for any help in findin this song title or singer.  
                                janeen

Answer
Hello Janeen,

Is this the one you mean?


"THE LITTLE GIRL" by John Michael Montgomery

Her parents never took the young girl to church
Never spoke of His name
Never read her His word
Two non-believers walking lost in this world
Took their baby with them
What a sad little girl

Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs
Never wanted to play
Or give kisses and hugs
She'd watch the TV and sit there on the couch
While her mom fell asleep
And her daddy went out

And the drinking and the fighting
Just got worse every night
Behind their couch she'd be hiding
Oh, what a sad little life
And like it always does, the bad just got worse
With every slap and every curse
Until her daddy in a drunk rage one night
Used a gun on her mom and then took his life

And some people from the city took the girl far away
To a new mom and dad
And kisses and hugs everyday
Her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in
And a small little girl
Stared at a picture of Him

She said I know that man up there on that cross
I don't know His name
But I know He got off
He was there in my old house
And held me close to His side
As I hid there behind our couch
The night that my parents died


Glad to be of help. Cheers.......Mel.