IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO WHEN SHE BEGAN TO STAND
ON HER OWN SHE TURNED HER BACK ON
EVERYTHING AND NOW SHE'S ALONE I TRY TO
TALK TO HER BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME IT'S BEEN SO
LONG SINCE SHE COULD RECALL HER NAME
AND I
CRIED WHEN I HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER IN
HER EYES I SEE THE PAIN, I SEE THE LOSS I SEE
THE SHAME BUT I CANT HELP HER
NOW
YESTERDAY SHE RAN AWAY PACKED HER
BAGS AND CAUGHT A TRAIN SAID IT ALL WAS GOING
DOWN THE DRAIN THE WORDS I SPOKE WERE SAID IN
HASTE BEFORE I COULD APPRECIATE THAT NOW
OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ONE LAST
CHANCE TO SLIDE AWAY INTO THE DARKNESS OF HER
SHAME SHE LOOKS AND SEES THERE'S NO ONE LEFT
TO BLAME I WISH I HAD ANOTHER DAY TO LOOK INTO
YOUR PRETTY FACE AND TELL YOU THAT YOUR LIFE
CAN STILL BE SAVED