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