| The Bottom Line You've reached the point Of no return Left too many Old bridges burned You turned your back On your old friends Concerned only With dividends And tending your Portfolio Your only care How far you'd go I always thought That you'd regret What you'd done....but You haven't yet You've reached the top At such great cost But you don't know What you have lost Or is it just That you don't care For all it took To get you there You're not the same As you once were You're cold and hard And act the cur You may have won The money game But you have lost Yourself the same That human part That made you real That gave you hope That made you feel You've become an Automoton No emtion Just focused on The bottom line And getting there No matter if It's foul or fair The sad thing is You've no idea The tragic cost Of your career Copyright � 4/14/2001 Terri Lyn Stanfield All Rights Reserved |
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| Society's Standard Society has its standard And we're judged, one and all According to the limits set And one can't be too small Young girls starving themselves because They dare not weigh too much Using anorexic models And actresses, and such As examples for which to aim Trying to emulate Their perfect bodies, and their looks Too often tempting fate Shattering their own self image And their self worth, as well Sacrificing their health and pride So caught up in the spell They lose themselves in the attempt To be someone they're not Never even considering To embrace what they've got Perfectly lovely young ladies Vibrant and beautiful Slaves to society's measure Always feeling its pull Just what does that say about us That we let this go on Allowing our daughters to feel Belittled by this scorn We need to make them understand That all they have to be Is the person they really are And make sure that they see That they are truly wonderful Perfect just as they are Get them to believe in themselves Instead of some big star Encourage them to look inside And love what they find there And always make sure that they know How very much we care Copyright � 4/14/2001 Terri Lyn Stanfield All Rights Reserved |
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