she threw away her vile past

to find along a better path

she went to The Gap to buy a new dress

and dyed her hair a jet black color

she moved downtown looking for work

met Leroy, a real bad lot

she'd given up school when she was fourteen

and took a dirty job on a corner of St-Catherine

whenever life is strange

it's always time to change

then she realized she can look at herself again

she sees mom and dad no more

she always thinks of them

one day, she hopes, her parents may forgive

'cause she slammed the door back in '94

whenever life is strange

it's always time to change