MY LITTLE GIRL
MET A NEW FRIEND
JUST THE OTHER DAY
ON THE PLAYGROUND
AT SCHOOL
BETWEEN THE TIRES
AND THE SWINGS
BUT SHE CAME HOME
WITH TEAR FILLED EYES
AND SHE SAID TO ME
DADDY
ALYSSA LIES
WELL I JUST
BRUSHED IT OFF AT FIRST
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW MUCH
MY LITTLE GIRL
HAD BEEN HURT
OR THE THINGS
THAT SHE HAD SEEN
I WASN'T READY
WHEN I SAID
YOU CAN TELL ME
AND SHE SAID
ALYSSA LIES
TO THE CLASSROOM
ALYSSA LIES
EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL
ALYSSA LIES
TO THE TEACHERS
AS SHE TRIES
TO COVER EVERY BRUISE
MY LITTLE GIRL
LAID HER HEAD DOWN
THAT NIGHT
TO GO TO SLEEP
AS I STEPPED OUT
THE ROOM
I HEARD HER SAY
A PRAYER SO SOFT
AND SWEET
GOD BLESS MY MOM
AND MY DAD
AND MY NEW FRIEND
ALYSSA
OH I KNOW
SHE NEEDS YOU BAD
BECAUSE ALYSSA LIES
TO THE CLASSROOM
ALYSSA LIES
EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL
ALYSSA LIES
TO THE TEACHERS
AS SHE TRIES
TO COVER EVERY BRUISE
I HAD THE WORST
NIGHT OF SLEEP
IN YEARS
AS I TRIED TO THINK
OF A WAY
TO CALM HER FEARS
I KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT I HAD TO DO
BUT WHEN WE GOT
TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY
I HEARD THE NEWS
MY LITTLE GIRL
ASKED ME WHY
EVERYBODY
LOOKS SO SAD
THE LUMP IN MY THROAT
GREW BIGGER
WITH EVERY QUESTION
THAT SHE ASKED
UNTIL I FELT THE TEARS
RUN DOWN MY FACE
AND I TOLD HER
THAT ALYSSA
WOULDN'T BE
AT SCHOOL TODAY
'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T LIE
IN THE CLASSROOM
SHE DOESN'T LIE
ANYMORE AT SCHOOL
ALYSSA LIES
WITH JESUS
BECAUSE
THERE'S NOTHIN'
THAT ANYONE
WOULD DO OOH OOH
OOH OOH OOH
TEARS FILLED MY EYES
WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL
ASKED ME WHY
ALYSSA LIES
OH DADDY
OH DADDY TELL ME WHY
ALYSSA LIES