I pinch myself sometimes to make sure I'm not in a dream, that's how it seems I close my eyes and breathe in the sweetest moments I've ever known, it
In my daughter's eyes I am a hero I am strong and wise and I know no fear But the truth is plain to see She was sent to rescue me I see who I wanna be
I get kissed by the sun each morning Put my feet on a hardwood floor I get to hear my children laughing Down the hall through the bedroom door Sometimes
This is for all you girls about 13 High school can be so rough, can be so mean Hold on to, on to your innocence Stand your ground when everybody's givin
She walks to school with the lunch she packed Nobody knows what she's holding back Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday She hides the bruises with
So many times I said it was forever Said our love would always be true Somethin' in my heart always knew I'd be lying there beside him On my own, On
She loved him like he was the last man on earth Gave him everything she ever had He'd break her spirit down, then come lovin' up on her Give a little,
Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light Though she looked a little worried and weak She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again But daddy left
You don't tell me no stories I don't wanna hear no lies No reasons or excuses None of your alibis The phone rings I pick it up Nobody's on the line I
I used to live in a darkened room Had a face of stone and a heart of gloom Lost my hope, I was so far gone Cryin' all my tears with the curtains drawn
My heart's not ready for the rockin' chair I need somebody who really cares So tired of livin' solitaire Someday I'm gonna be safe in the arms of love
You think I'm always makin' Something out of nothin' You're sayin' everything's okay You've always got an answer Before I ask the question Whatever you
I wonder where your heart is 'cause it sure don't feel like it's here Sometimes I think you wish that I would just disappear Have I got it all wrong ,
Between the perfect world and the bottom line Keeping love alive in these troubled times Well it's a miracle in itself And we know too well what that'
Lock up your husbands Lock up your sons Lock up your whiskey cabinets Girls, lock up your guns Lock up the beauty shop No tellin' if they've heard the
Two strangers passing on the sidewalk Barely brush each other's hand He says "I'm sorry", she says "Don't worry" And that is how it all began A few short
From the day we met You made me forget All my fears Knew just what to say And you kissed away All my tears I knew this time I had finally found Someone
Don't need no copy of vogue magazine Don't need to dress like no Beauty Queen High heels or sneakers, he don't give a damn My baby loves me just the way
