Although the track might seem a little harsh and judgmental to some, just remember it's only a rough draft. As Michael quipped...
“I have to do it in a way so I don’t offend girls who have gotten abortions or bring back guilt trips so it has to be done carefully… I have to really think about it.“
In other words, Jackson would have worded it differently had he given it another shot. Personally, I believe the tune would morph into a less direct and more contemplative masterpiece as I don't think a song is a place to get preachy!
Although Michael was a very religious man, I believe his platonic love for children was another valid reason for his stance against elective abortion. I think a fair assessment of such songs as Heal the World and The Lost Children give some commentary on his views regarding children who never get to see the light of day.
Matt Forger has this to say on the tracks storyline...
"As noted earlier, this is a song that Michael knew could be controversial and, as a result, he spent a lot of time thinking about the story for the song and the voice through which the song should be told. The song is about a girl whose father is a priest. She was raised in the Church and on the Bible. She gets married in the Church but decides against the Bible, to have an abortion and she wants 'Abortion Papers.'"
I respectfully urge anyone reading this not to abort the miracle of life unless it is for therapeutic reasons(i.e. life or death situations). Please watch this video below and decide for yourselves if elective abortion is morally permissible...
Lyrics
Sister don't read, she'll never know
What about love?
Living a Christian soul
What do we get, she runs away
What about love?
What about all I pray
Don't know the worst, she knows a atheist
What about God?
Living is all I see
What do you get, things she would say
What about love?
That's all I pray
Those abortion papers
Signed in your name against the words of God
Those abortion papers
Think about life, I'd like to have my child
Sister confused, she went alone
What about love?
What about all I saw?
Biding a life, reading the words
Singing a song, citing a Bible verse
Father's confused, mother despair
Brother's in curse
What about all I've seen?
You know the lie, you keep it low
What about heart?
That's all I've known
Those abortion papers
Signed in your name against the words of God
Those abortion papers
Think about life, I'd like to have my child
Those abortion papers (Hoo!)
Signed in your name against the words of God
Those abortion papers
Think about life, I'd like to have my child
Look at my words, what do they say?
Look at my heart, burning is all heartbreak
What do you get?
What do you say?
What about love?
Feel my sin
Those abortion papers
Signed in your name against the words of God
Those abortion papers
Think about life, I'd like to have my child
Those abortion papers (Hoo!)
Think about life, I'd like to have my child
Who have the grateful?
Where will she go?
What will she do to see the world?
Sister don't know, where would she go
What about life?
What about all I saw?
What would you do?
Don't get so confuse
Love all the things
It's just the things I do
Those abortion papers
Signed in your name against the words of God
Those abortion papers
Think about life, I'd like to have my child
Those abortion papers
(Abortion paper)
(This paper) (Hee-Hee)
Those abortion papers (Hee Hee-Hee Hee Hee-Hee)
I'd like to have my child (Hee-Hee Hee Hee-Hee)
Those abortion papers
(Hee-Hee Hee Hee-Hee)
(Hee Hee-Hee Hee Hee-Hee)
Those abortion papers (Hee-Hee Hee Hee-Hee)
I'd like to have my child (Hee-Hee Hee Hee-Hee)
Those abortion papers (Hee-Hee Hee Hee-Hee)
(Hee-Hee Hee-Hee).
