There was a child named Bernadette
I heard the story long ago
She saw the queen of heaven once
and kept the vision in her soul
No one believed what she had seen
no one believed what she heard
that there were sorrows to be healed,
mercy, mercy in this world
So many hearts I find broke like yours and mine
torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold you; come on let me hold you
like Bernadette would do
We've been around, we fall, we fly
We mostly fall, we mostly run
And every now and then we try
to mend the damage that we've done
Tonight, tonight I just can't rest
I've got this joy here, here inside by breast
to think that I did not forget
that child, that song of Bernadette
So many hearts I find broke like yours and mine
torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold you; come on let me hold you
like Bernadette would do
I just want to hold you, won't you let me hold you
like Bernadette would do?