Why do I have these thoughts go through my head. Do they come out of the air. Suspicion always washes over me like a disease. I cannot share I can't ignore the way you treated me sometimes.
When they found you, you were driven and hungry. You were playin' for your life then. You were livin' for the chance to be heard. What they promised, what they offered.
Sweet Melissa, I often pray for you. I hope your suffering was brief. I hope the angels that watch over all little children. Came for you and took you someplace beautiful and sweet.
Never could say what I wanna say. Never could do what I wanna do. Never could believe you, if it's true. Never could, never would, you make it so hard.
People walkin' 'round, all lost and confused. Ready to throw their lives out in the gutter. Ain't no love between 'em, father to son. Man to woman, brother to brother.
They were so ecstatic when the letter arrived. A certified genius at the age of five. They planned his future so carefully. He was everything they hoped he'd be.