SPIRIT KEEPER

Linda Allen



CHORUS : Little spirit keeper, little child of wonder

Many years have come and gone

Trembling little shoulders called to be much older

How can I reach you with my song?



You were four years old, and the story's an old one

Your father touched you, made you promise not to tell

How can I tell you that your body's all your own?

Tiny girl, so alone



Then you were seven and your father's game continued

Bought you pretty things but he hurt you just the same

How can I tell you there are those around who'd help?

Little girl, so alone



( CHORUS )

Then you were nine years old, your secret weighed so heavy

Tried to be perfect just to hide your secret shame

He called you "little tease," but child, you're not to blame

Precious child, so alone



You were eleven, how you longed to tell your mother

You thought she'd hate you for she loved your father so

Cut off from her and you couldn't risk close friends

Silent child, so alone



( CHORUS )



At sixteen years you finally lifted up your head

Said you'd call the cops and you threw him from your bed

Thought it was over, but a sister was still home

Another child, so alone



Now many years have passed and the shadows linger on

All the midnight lovers, all the heartaches with the dawn

Can we heal each other, little girl and woman grown?

Frightened children, you and I



( CHORUS )



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