[Verse 1]
[singer 1] Little hands reached out.
[singer 2] I really don’t care. Do U?
[singer 1] You could have reached back.
[singer 2] Did you want me to touch them?
[Chorus 1]
As you did to the least of these
my children, you did the same to me.
For I was ripped away in tears
and you did not so much as care.
[Verse 2]
[singer 1] Little feet were lost.
[singer 2] I really don’t care. Do U?
[singer 1] You could have used your voice for them.
[singer 2] How could my voice have helped their feet?
[Chorus 1]
As you did to the least of these
my children, you did the same to me.
For I was ripped away in tears
and you did not so much as care.
[Verse 3]
[singer 1] Little mouths cried out.
[singer 2] I really don’t care. Do U?
[singer 1] All they wanted was your compassion.
[singer 2] What is that to me? I owe them nothing.
[Chorus 1]
As you did to the least of these
my children, you did the same to me.
For I was ripped away in tears
and you did not so much as care.
[Verse 4]
[singer 1] Little ones are dead.
[singer 2] I really don’t care. Do U?
[singer 1] You should. It is your guilt!
[Chorus 1]
[singer 2] What is guilt to me?
As you did to the least of these
my children, you did the same to me.
For I was ripped away in tears
and you did not so much as care.
[Verse 5]
[singer 2] They’re weren’t my children.
[singer 2] They brought them across the line.
[singer 2] Why am I guilty?
[singer 1] You did nothing to care for your neighbor.
[Chorus 2]
But I was that child,
And you did nothing for me.
You showed me indifference
and I never knew you!
You are not of me.
Depart from me: all of you,
for they are my lambs:
the ones you sent away.
[Verse 6]
[singer 2] Who is my neighbor?
[singer 2] The people I’ve always known?
[singer 2] Surely, not those children!
[singer 1] Yes, they are your neighbors.
[Chorus 2]
But I was that child,
And you did nothing for me.
You showed me indifference
and I never knew you!
You are not of me.
Depart from me: all of you,
for they are my lambs:
the ones you sent away.
Lyrics, Bill Graham
