(Boys Will Be Boys)
When she was a little girl,
Little Jimmy used to pull her hair,
and once he broke her favorite toy,
But Mommy told her not to care,
for he was just acting like a boy,
She said:
�Boys will be boys,
for that is just their way,
Learn to take it, learn to smile,
It might be better someday,�
When she was an older girl,
Scotty used to steal her school books,
and once he dirtied her new dress,
But Teacher ignored her soiled looks,
and said boys always make a mess,
She said:
�Boys will be boys,
for that is just their way,
Learn to take it, learn to smile,
They might get better someday,�
When she was a teenage girl,
her date Matt began to drink,
and one day he began to beat her,
She didn�t know what to think,
but recalled what Mother�s words were,
She thought:
�Boy�s will be boys,
for that is just their way,
Learn to take it, learn to smile,
It might be better some day,�
When she was a young woman,
Michael began shooting heroin,
and he victimized her through rape,
She was wearied from abuse by men,
and this was her mind�s only escape,
She thought:
�Men will be men,
for that is just their way,
Learn to take it, learn to smile,
They might get better some day,�