Dolores talks about how she felt abandonned by her family once she left home. "Out there" would probably refers to the world outside Ireland. She asks a lot of questions because she feels they don't know her anymore; they only see what she's become but it wasn't what she wanted.
"Unhappiness where's when I was young
And we didn't give a damn"
I think that unhappiness is the present state; how she feels now. The rest of the sentence is how she regrets her childhood because she was free and loved. Notice how she said "Did she hold me ,when I was out there" which means that her mother held her when she was still there. So I don't think she was treated badly by her family when she was young. "My father, my father, he liked me Oh he liked me" I saw some of you interpreted that she was abused but I don't think so; I think she's once again saying that his feelings towards her changed. She might also be regretting that he only liked her and not loved her.
"Does anyone care?" shows how she feels alone out there and that she misses them.
My interpretation:
Dolores talks about how she felt abandonned by her family once she left home. "Out there" would probably refers to the world outside Ireland. She asks a lot of questions because she feels they don't know her anymore; they only see what she's become but it wasn't what she wanted.
"Unhappiness where's when I was young And we didn't give a damn"
I think that unhappiness is the present state; how she feels now. The rest of the sentence is how she regrets her childhood because she was free and loved. Notice how she said "Did she hold me ,when I was out there" which means that her mother held her when she was still there. So I don't think she was treated badly by her family when she was young. "My father, my father, he liked me Oh he liked me" I saw some of you interpreted that she was abused but I don't think so; I think she's once again saying that his feelings towards her changed. She might also be regretting that he only liked her and not loved her.
"Does anyone care?" shows how she feels alone out there and that she misses them.