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