[00:18.730]Four small hands
[00:21.302]Tugging at her skirt
[00:24.370]She calls him from the payphone twists the button on her shirt-
[00:36.496]It's closing time already
[00:39.791]The cold begins to hurt
[00:42.258]She pats their hair
[00:43.530]Says he's almost there as they bury in her skirt
[00:48.975]The ringing beats on endlessly in her head and at his work
[00:54.538]So many headlights
[00:55.673]Taillights go in the dirty gray late winter snow
[01:00.528]Inside her head she hears a voice start screaming
[01:06.168]Alone
[01:19.048]Where's my happy ending
[01:22.192]This isn't what I bought
[01:24.597]Now I'm raising two
[01:25.917]Where the hell are you
[01:27.487]Drinking money shot by shot
[01:31.297]I could have been so special
[01:33.719]I should've gone to school
[01:36.528]Now I'm trapped at home
[01:37.950]And wait by the phone
[01:39.478]Sitting helpless like a child for you
[01:42.410]Oh no
[01:45.236]Oh no
[01:47.841]Oh no
[01:54.298]I told myself I'd never be my mother
[02:00.932]I did the best I could
[02:02.476]This ain't my job no more find another
[02:05.305]Find another
[02:06.815]Whoa, no, no-
[02:32.237]Her baby boy arrived two years later
[02:37.647]And now she's gone but six small feet still chase her
[02:43.846]She used to read their crayon cards and draw pretty mermaids in the yard
[02:49.636]I guess she didn't think it'd be so hard when he seemed so safe
[02:54.252]He tried to drink his rage away
[03:02.552]…He didn’t show up anyway
[03:10.040]So many headlights taillights go in the dirty gray late winter snow
[03:15.767]Inside her head she hears a voice start screaming
[03:21.320]You gotta close your eyes to keep yourself from screaming
[03:27.152]You gotta close your eyes to keep yourself from screaming
[03:35.925]No-I didn't want to go…I just don't know…I guess she had to go