HE SAID GOODBYE
FROM THE EDGE
OF THE PORCH
LIKE SHE'D BEEN
SOME CASUAL FRIEND
HE SAID
YOU'RE BETTER OFF
WITHOUT ME
I'M NOT WHAT YOU NEED
LIKE HER MAMA
HAD SAID ABOUT HIM
HE STARTED THE CAR
PULLED OUT
OF THE DRIVE
DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME
LOOKIN' BACK
SHE WATCHED HIM GO
THINKIN'
EVEN A STRANGER
WOULD SHOW
MORE COMPASSION
THAN THAT
SHE COULD'VE CRIED
BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TIME
SHE HAD A BABY TO FEED
A PINK BLANKET TO FIND
TO ROCK THEIR
LITTLE ONE TO SLEEP
SHE COULD'VE LAID
IN BED FOR HOURS
GIVEN MISERY
THE POWER
BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TIME
SHE GOT A SITTER
AND SHE GOT A JOB
'CAUSE SHE HAD
A PROMISE TO KEEP
HER DAY
WAS A FACTORY
AND EVENIN' SURVIVAL
AT NIGHT
WAS EXAUSTION
AND SLEEP
SOMETIMES
SHE FELT LIFE
WAS PASSIN' HER BY
AND WATCHIN'
WAS ALL SHE COULD DO
HER FRIENDS SAID
YOU GOTTA GET
OUTTA THE HOUSE
AND MAYBE
YOU'LL MEET
SOMEONE NEW
SHE COULD'VE TRIED
BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TIME
SHE HAD A FIVE YEAR OLD
TO FEED
SHE HAD BALLET CLASS
PIANO LESSONS
AND T-BALL
LITTLE LEAGUE
SHE COULD'VE
LAID AWAKE FOR HOURS
GIVEN LONELY NIGHTS
THE POWER
BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TIME
NOT TIME
WHERE WOULD SHE FIND
THE TIME
TO TRUST A MAN AGAIN
NOT TIME
FOR THAT FLAT TIRE
A CROWDED
PARKING LOT
AND THEN
NOT TIME
BUT YES HAVE COFFEE
WITH THE MAN
THAT GOT HER TIRE FIXED
SHE WAS THINKIN'
GOSH HE'S HANDSOME
WHEN HE ASKED
DO YOU HAVE KIDS
SHE COULD'VE LIED
BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TIME
ALL SHE SAID
WAS SHE'S FIVE
HE SAID
I SAW THE CAR SEAT
I LOVE KIDS
DOES SHE HAVE
YOUR EYES
AND THEY SAT
AND TALKED FOR HOURS
GIVIN' DESTINY
ITS POWER
SHE COULD'VE BEEN
AFRAID TO FALL IN LOVE
THAT NIGHT
BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TIME
SHE COULD'VE BEEN
AFRAID
TO FALL IN LOVE
THAT NIGHT
BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TIME