| Hey sister i see you standin on the corner |
| i think i might just, pull on over |
| see if you need some condoms |
| take a minute and listen to a mountain of problems |
| hey sister i see you stadin on the corner |
| i think i might just pull on over |
| you know the county pays me pretty well to make sure you dont get infected, |
| but, no one seems to care if you ever make it out of hell |
| i ask you how did you get here and you tell me: |
| «i was only twelve years old and daddy raped me, |
| over and over and over and over again. |
| i was only ten years old and my stepfather raped me, |
| over and over and over and over again. |
| i was only eight years old when mmas boyfriend raped me, |
| over and over and over and over again. |
| i was only 5 years old and the neighbor boy raped me, |
| over and over and over and over again» |
| The stories always the same, we can impose morality and blame and shame |
| we can criminalize the side effects of a lifetime of torture |
| we can moralize and look at things so biblically, |
| when you look at things so legally and think we’re preserving order |
| we can swim in denial, and think that somehow jail can heal post traumatic |
| disorder |
| Hey sister i see you at the bus stop, i can almost hear you askin god to make |
| the pain stop |
| i know the drugs dont work anymore |
| you’ve got black eyes your arms are covered with sores |
| hey sister i see you waitin in line to get your methadone, |
| the county pays pretty well to keep you strung out, just another |
| settlement, we’ll give you anything, so that you never try to leave hell |
| i ask you how did you get here and you tell me: |
| «i was only twelve ears old and daddy raped me, |
| over and over and over and over again. |
| i was only 10 years old and my stepfather raped me, |
| over and over and over and over again, |
| i was only 8 years old when momas boyfriend raped me, |
| over and over and over andover again, |
| i was only 5 years old andthe neighbor boy raped me, |
| over and over ad over ad over again.» |
| the stories always the same, we can impose morality and blame and shame |
| we can criminalize the side effects of a lifetime of torture |
| we can moralize and look at things so biblically, |
| when you look at things so legally and think we’re presering order |
| we can swim in denial, and think that somehow jail can heal post traumatic |
| disorder |
| you can get up and walk away from hell |
| you can get up and run awau from hell |
| you can get up and walk away from hell |
| you can get up and run away from hell |