TOUGH LOVE...

SHE WAS A SWEET YOUNG THING, JUST SEVENTEEN,
SHE HAD THE WHOLE WORLD AT HER FEET.
ALL THE BOYS WOULD SWOON, WHEN SHE ENTERED THE ROOM,
THEY'D LOVE TO ASK HER OUT ON A DATE.
BUT THE ONLY GUY, TO CATCH HER EYE,
WAS A GUY FROM THE END OF HER STREET,
HE WAS A REAL HELL-RAISER, MISCHIEF-MAKER,
AND SHE THOUGHT HE WAS THE MAN OF HER DREAMS.

WHEN HER FRIENDS, THEY SAW HIM, THEY TRIED TO WARN HER,
THEY SAID YOU'RE WAY TOO GOOD FOR HIM.
HE HAD A REPUTATION, AS A WOMAN HATER,
BUT SHE TOOK NO NOTICE OF THIS.
SHE WENT OUT ON A DATE, AND THEY STAYED UP LATE,
AND HE SHOWED HER THE TIME OF HER LIFE,
WITH HIS BAD SIDE HIDDEN, SHE WAS TOTALLY SMITTEN,
AND THEY PARTIED ON INTO THE NIGHT.

WELL, THE DAYS WENT BY, AND HER LIFE WAS FINE,
SHE WAS THE HAPPIEST GIRL ALIVE,
THEY WERE THE MODEL COUPLE, NOT A SIGN OF TROUBLE,
THEN THE SHE FELT THE LITTLE KICKS INSIDE.
WELL THEY NEVER PLANNED IT, JUST SORT OF HAPPENED,
AND SHE WAS REALLY INTO HAVIN HIS CHILD,
THEN THE TROUBLE STARTED, THERE WERE NO MORE PARTIES,
AND THEN SHE GOT THE SHOCK OF HER LIFE!

WELL, FIRST IT WAS JUST ARGUMENTS,
WHICH SOON TURNED INTO FIGHTS,
THEN THE FIGHTS, TURNED REALLY VIOLENT,
AND SHE REALLY FEARED FOR HER LIFE,
HE WAS A PSYCHOPATH, IF SHE MADE HIM MAD,
THEN HE'D REALLY BEAT HER BLACK AND BLUE,
TRUE COLOURS SHOWING,
AND HER BLOOD WAS FLOWING,
THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD REALLY DO.

HE WAS A REAL STREET ANGEL, AND SHE WORE,HER MAKE UP,
TO COVER UP THE SIGNS OF ABUSE,
AND IF ANYONE ASKED, SHE WOULD TRY AND LAUGH,
TOO SCARED TO ADMIT TO THE TRUTH.
WELL, SHE'D HAVE THAT BABY, AND THEN JUST MAYBE,
HE'D GO BACK TO THE MAN FROM BEFORE,
BUT ANOTHER BEATING, FROM THIS SHITHOUSE DEMON,
AND THE AMBULANCE WAS AT THE DOOR.

WELL, SHE LOST HER CHILD, ON THAT FATEFUL NIGHT,
AND SHE CRIED IN HER HOSPITAL BED,
AND HE TRIED TO BLAME HER, FOR HIS BAD BEHAVIOUR,
'SAID SHE REALLY WAS, WRECKING HIS HEAD.
HE SAID HE'D NEVER HIT HER, IF SHE COULD JUST FORGIVE,
AND THEY WOULD TRY AND MAKE A BRAND NEW START,
AND SHE REALLY BELIEVED, IN THIS IMPOSSIBLE DREAM ,
SO SHE GOT BACK IN HIS CAR.

WELL, NINE MONTHS LATER, SHE WAS BACK IN LABOUR,
WELL, A LEOPARD NEVER CHANGES HIS SPOTS,
STILL NO BRUISES SHOWING, AND NO-ONE KNOWING,
AND A BABY NOW TO COVER IT UP!
WHEN I SAW HER CRYING, ON A SUMMER'S NIGHT,
HE WAS OUT ON THE BEER AGAIN,
THOSE OTHER WOMEN, IF SHE, COULD ONLY TELL THEM,
BY NOW SHE HADN'T GOT ANY FRIENDS.


SORRY, JUST DON'T CUT IT,
WHEN YOU BREAK THE GOLDEN RULE OF LOVE,
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THIS ABUSE,
THERE ARE NO REASONS, GOOD ENOUGH,
NOW SORRY, IS THE SADDEST WORD,
WHEN UTTERED FROM YOUR LOVERS LIPS,
IT'S TIME TO GO,GET OUT THAT DOOR,
YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A KISS!
NO, SORRY JUST DON'T CUT IT,
NOW YOU'VE CROSSED THE LINE OF NO RETURN,
THERE ARE NO WORDS, TO HEAL THE HURT,
YOU CAN'T PRETEND NO MORE,
NOW SORRY IS DIRTY WORD,
YOU STRUCK THE GIRL, YOU ANIMAL,
DON'T SHOW YOUR FACE IN PUBLIC, ANY MORE.
GO HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME, FOR EVERMORE!

DEKLAN DACHAU (C) 2013.