VERSE 1
Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm
It hurt me to see the pain cross my mother's
face
Everytime my father's fist would put her in
her place
Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

Chorus:
Bruises fade father but the pain remains the
same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Ev'ry morning that I wake I look back to
yesterday
And I'm OK

VERSE 2
I´ve been wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the
door
The echo of a broken child screaming "please no more"
Daddy don't you understand the damage you
have done
For you it's just a memory but for me it still lives on

Chorus:
Bruises fade father but the pain remains the
same
And I still remember how you kept me so, so afraid
Strangth is my mother for all the love she
gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to
yesterday

It's not so easy to forget
all the lines you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And every day afraid to come home
in fear of what I might see there

Chorus:
Bruises fade father but the pain remains the
same
And I still remember how you kept me so, so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love you
gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to
yesterday
And I'm OK
I'm OK