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 know just where to
turn for shelter from the storm Hurt me to see the pain across 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
(**) 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
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday And I'm OK
I often 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 To you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on
(**)
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 I'm afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see there
(**)
this album is more personal than her others - she co-wrote 17 of the songs on it. Christina co-wrote this with Linda Perry of The Four Non-Blonds. In the song she talks about her mother being her "shield" and her childhood growing up with an abusive father.
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