Archived Work 4

She's Leaving Him Behind (from approx '96-'97)

Her hair flew across her face
as she turned to look behind.
Her bright green eyes sparkled
in the early morning light.

Memories of what he did
flooded through her mind.
She remembered herself on her knees
begging for her life.

She cried without shedding a tear
and she screamed without using her voice.
She bore her pain in silence
and she never lost her pride.

I'm leaving him behind
is all that she can say.
She's leaving him behind 'cause
it's the only way.
And she's leaving him behind
to get her life back again.

He'd kicked her and punched her;
he'd whipped her and beat her.
But Lord how he'd known
the ways to console her.

"I love you, forgive me,
it won't ever happen again".
His empty promises made her stay
and she'd believed him again.

I'm leaving him behind
is all that she can say.
She's leaving him behind 'cause
it's the only way.
And she's leaving him behind
to get her life back again.

This time would be different she swore,
this time I'm leaving forever.
But with a sigh she turned around
and walked back in that door.

Two months later her mother cried
and her father cursed his birth.
And the judge sentenced him to life
and finally she was free.

She's finally left him behind,
but Lord she had to pay.
She's finally left him behind,
but death was the only way.
She's finally left him behind,
but won't ever live again.