Fifteen

He was walking down the street today
CD on and headphones blaring
When he saw a girl he know
Struggling to get across the road

She had a baby out infront
He asked 'is it your brother'
And the girl looked at him
And simply replied
'he's mine'

(music suddenly kicks in heavier)

I fell asleep between a waste of space
And my discarded clothes

Looking through simple blinded eyes
Scared by what she sees
Looking through fear blinded wide
Not knowing what's on the outside

I fell asleep inside for a second
What I was thinking, I don't know

(music down again)

He kept asking for all the answers
She kept giving all she could
Turns out that he beat her down
When he found out the good news

He said 'you realise your life is gone now
It's dead behind you
And you're just fifteen'
She simply replied
'I know'

(music suddenly kicks in heavier)

I fell asleep between a waste of space
And my discarded clothes

Looking through simple blinded eyes
Scared by what she sees
Looking through fear blinded wide
Not knowing what's on the outside

I fell asleep inside for a second
What I was thinking, I don't know

I should have listened when they tell you
Instead of giggling on death row
I wish i'd listened when they said
'This is all you need to know'

(music down again)

And so she turns to him and she says
'I can cope, I can cope'
he turns to her and he says
'I wish you could, but you shouldn't hope'

She looks away
A tear rolls down her face
She doesn't look at him when she says
'I was a victim of a chase
I was a victim of a chase'

(music suddenly kicks in heavier)

I fell asleep between a waste of space
And my discarded clothes

Looking through simple blinded eyes
Scared by what she sees
Looking through fear blinded wide
Not knowing what's on the outside

I fell asleep inside for a second
What I was thinking, I don't know

I should have listened when they tell you
Instead of giggling on death row
I wish i'd listened when they said
'This is all you need to know'

(music down less this time)

He looks at her and asks 'where is he'
She says 'he left with an excuse'
He beat her down to the ground
Now he's in penitentiary

She tells him that he's in prison
Her parents found out and they got mad
Her parents found out and kicked her out
She'd turned into the child that
They'd never wanted to have
Sometimes she thinks
'I'm glad'

(music suddenly kicks in heavier)

I fell asleep between a waste of space
And my discarded clothes

Looking through simple blinded eyes
Scared by what she sees
Looking through fear blinded wide
Not knowing what's on the outside

I fell asleep inside for a second
What I was thinking, I don't know

I should have listened when they tell you
Instead of giggling on death row
I wish i'd listened when they said
'This is all you need to know'

(solo)

He says goodbye and wishes that they'd never met
And she struggles across the busy street
Cars flash past not knowing about her
Human tragedy, everyone does their best
Everyone does their best
They all do their best to ignore her

'Better off without this' they think
'It'll just go away if we just ignore it'
I wish I could stop them and ask
'How do you think she feels'
'How do you think she feels'
'How do you think she feels'
'How do you think she feels'

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