I see her as a little girl
Hidin' in her room
She'd take another bath
And she'd spray her
mama's perfume
To try to wipe away the
scent he left behind
But it haunts her mind
You see she's his little rag
Nothin' more than just a waif
And he's moppin' up his need
She is tired and afraid
Maybe she'll find a way
through these awful years
to disappear
Ask me if I think
there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go
in the middle of the shame
Ask me if I think
there's a God up in the Heaven
I see no mercy and no one
down here's naming names
Nobody's naming names
Now she's looking in the mirror
at a lovely woman face
No more frightened little girl
Like she's gone without a trace
Still she leaves the light
burning in the hall
It's hard to sleep at all
'Til she crawls up in her bed
acting quiet as a mouse
Deep inside she's listening
for a creeping in the house
But no one's left to harm her
She's finally safe and sound
There's a peace she has found
Ask her how she knows
there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go
in the middle of her shame
Ask her how she knows
there's a God up in the Heaven
She said his mercy
is bringing her life again
Ask me how I know
there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go
in the middle of her shame
Ask me how I know
there's a God up in the Heaven
She said his mercy
is bringing her life again
She's comin' to life again
He's in the middle of her pain
In the middle of her shame
Mercy brings life
He's in the middle
Mercy in the middle
So ask me how I know
Ask me how I know
Yeah eah eah
Ask me how I know
there's a God up in the Heaven
Ask me how I know
there's a God up in the Heaven
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ask me how I know
Ask me
Ask me
Ask me how I know
there's a God up in the Heaven
Ask me how I know
there's a God up in the Heaven