Somebody killed little Susie 
The girl with the tune 
Who sings in the daytime at noon 
She was there screaming 
Beating her voice in her doom 
But nobody came to her soon...

A fall down the stairs 
Her dress torn 
Oh the blood in her hair... 
A mystery so sullen in air 
She lie there so tenderly 
Fashioned so slenderly 
Lift her with care, 
Oh the blood in her hair...

Everyone came to see 
The girl that now is dead 
So blind stare the eyes in her head... 
And suddenly a voice from the crowd said 
This girl lived in vain 
Her face bear such agony, such strain... 
But only the man from next door 
Knew Little Susie and how he cried 
As he reached down 
To close Susie's eyes... 
She lie there so tenderly 
Fashioned so slenderly 
Lift her with care 
Oh the blood in her hair...

It was all for God's sake 
For her singing the tune 
For someone to feel her despair 
To be damned to know hoping is dead and you're doomed 
Then to scream out 
And nobody's there...

She knew no one cared...

Father left home, poor mother died 
Leaving Susie alone 
Grandfather's soul too had flown... 
No one to care 
Just to love her 
How much can one bear 
Rejecting the needs in her prayers...

Neglection can kill 
Like a knife in your soul 
Oh it will 
But Susie fought so hard to live... 
She lie there so tenderly 
Fashioned so slenderly 
Lift her with care 
So young and so fair