The sky turned gray as I stood on the hill The smell of violence and the smell of kill The sound of horror and terrified screaming It is the only place the sun???s not beaming A place of swings where no children will play For I stand by the graveyard to where they most lay I see drunks lay all over the alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
Poor children living a life of violence With horrifying homes filled with silence Violent blood shattered on the street And a child who lay there that has been beat In fear of their parents I hear children crying Living in a valley that is somehow dying I see the blood on the walls in the alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
The sun won???t shine in a place of horror The children cry and the parents beat more Living in a family with a father who's a drunk And a mother who smokes dope and a lot of junk The hospital is full of children bruised And many are still home being abused I see shadows of death in the alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
The graveyard is full and there will be many more If the abused do not stop in this horror Rain pours down from all the tears That God sheds for people???s fears Defenseless children can not play For in their abusive homes is where they must stay I see a place of horror and a lonely alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
I see a cry for help throughout the place And fear from a child???s terrified face At nighttime the moon is gray Like a horror movie I saw one day A poor child who doesn???t own a toy Because the parents won???t buy for the little boy I still see loneliness in that alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
Careless children, fresh as sin And some have forgotten how to grin Children suffer, deliberately burned and bruised From poor parents who themselves were abused And violent anger on their mind Makes them beat on any child they can find A pool of blood lay in the alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
The abuse is increasing day by day The valley full of pain and the sky still gray A little child in a corner is what I find And visions of the abuse still haunts her mind Seventy percent of children are abused every day The parents get upset and the children pay Horrified children and a lonely alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
In the 1960???s abuse was first identified And since then many children has died Blood in the valley and a child in pain Somehow this world has gone insane Nobody will help or try to prevent the abuse No one deserves this; there is no excuse In the village by the alley The ambulance is down in the valley
The pain and suffering have gotten out of hand The poor children can not even stand Some in wheel chairs and some in a cast And some just trying to forget about the past Some do not know how love would feel Some scarred for life that will never heal Screaming, yelling, the sight of the alley And the ambulance is down in the valley
One story that is so sad Is when a stepmother got so mad The children could not tie their laces And fear poured out from their terrified faces She beat them till the blood ran free I am just glad this never happened to me The children and their visions of the alley The ambulance is down in the valley
Think of all the problems the world must face So please stop the abuse in this horrible place Poor children who may never see What a wonderful place this could be What I am trying to say is think of their pain Do not think of your problems and complain Unless you have visions of the alley Because the Ambulance is still down in the valley
I went to a birthday party, And remembered what you said. You told me not to drink at all, So I had a Sprite instead. I felt proud of myself, The way you said I would, That I didn't choose to drink and drive, Though some friends said I should. I knew I made a healthy choice and, Your advice to me was right, As the party finally ended, And the kids drove out of sight. I got into my ow n car, S ure to get home in one piece, Never knowing what was coming, Something I expected least. Now I'm lying on the pavement, And I hear the policeman say, "The kid that caused this wreck was drunk." His voice seems far away. My own blood is all around me, As I try hard not to cry. I can hear the paramedic say, "This girl is going to die." I'm sure the guy had no idea, While he was flying high, Because he chose to drink and drive, That I would have to die. So why do people do it, Knowing that it ruins lives? But now the pain is cutting me, Like a hundred stabbing kni v es . Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom Tell daddy to be bra ve, And when I go to heaven, Put "Daddy's Girl" on my grave. Someone should have taught him, That it 's wrong to drink and drive. Maybe if his mom and dad had, I'd still be alive. My breath is getting shorter, I'm getting really scared. These are my final moments, And I'm so unprepared. I wish that you could hold me Mom, As I lie here and die. I wish that I could say, I love you and good-bye.
Waking up to find another day The moon got lost again last night But now the sun has finally had its say I guess I feel alright
But it hurts when I think When I let it sink in It's all over me I'm lying here in the dark I'm watching you sleep, it hurts a lot & all I know is You've got to give me everything Nothing less cause You know I give you all of me
[CHORUS] I give you everything that I am I'm handin' over everything that I've got Cause I wanna have a really true love Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring & I want to make it worth the fight What have we been doing for all this time? Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
All I wanted was to know I'm safe Don't want to lose the love I've found Remember when you said that you would change Don't let me down It's not fair how you are I can't be complete, can you give me more? & all I know is You got to give me everything & nothing less cause You know I give you all of me
[CHORUS] I give you everything that I am I'm handin' over everything that I've got Cause I wanna have a really true love Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring & I want to make it worth the fight What have we been doing for all this time? Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
Oh please, you know what I need Save all your love up for me We can't escape the love Give me everything that you have
& all I know is You got to give me everything & nothing less cause You know I give you all of me
[CHORUS] I give you everything that I am I'm handin' over everything that I've got Cause I wanna have a really true love Don't ever wanna have to go & give you up Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring & I want to make it worth the fight What have we been doing for all this time? Baby if we're gonna do it, come on do it right
I kept my mouth shut from the start I guess I left you in the dark You thought you knew me but you don't You say you'll love me but you wont When you find out who I am
I kept my mouth shut for too long All this time you got me wrong Now we're in this way too far I'm about to break your heart Tear everything we had apart
'Cause I'm feeling lost When I'm in your arms The reasons are gone For why I was holding on to you I tried so hard To be the one I don't like who I've become
Won't keep my mouth shut anymore I've had my share of closing doors Now I know I'm not afraid I know exactly what you'll say But I'm sorry it's too late
'Cause I'm feeling lost When I'm in your arms The reasons are gone For why I was holding on to you I tried so hard To be the one I don't like who I've become
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah (I kept it all inside of me for all this time) Yeah yeah, yeah yeah (Thought that I could make it work if I just tried) Yeah yeah, yeah yeah (But I'm sorry to admit that I have lived a lie)
'Cause I'm feeling lost When I'm in your arms The reasons are gone For why I was holding on to you I tried so hard To be the one I don't like who I've become
I kept my mouth shut for too long Now I know that it was wrong
I wish I told you from the start That this was never ment to last We should've never gone this far
