In a hovel I sit
In a room on my own
This is the only place I know
That I can call home

There are cracks in the windows
And holes in the floor
There's not even a lock
On the broken front door

There's a mattress where I sleep
But not a blanket is in sight
As I know how much I'll shiver
With the coming of the night

No arms are there to hold me
Just the rats scratching in the walls
Sometimes I think I hear voices
Are they coming down the halls?

So frightened am I
As I shiver and shake
Then I reach for my comfort
A shot of heroin I will take

No one is there to stop me
No one really cares
And when I finally venture out
All I'm confronted with is stares

My clothes are what I live in
This is all that I have got
The money that I sometimes get
Is used for my next shot

At night I roam the busy streets
As in the day it hurts to face the sun
My mind begins to wander
Will I ever reach twenty one?

My skirt is so short
On high heels I do stand
On the street corner and freeze
As I try hard to warm my hands

My denim jacket hides the scars
And all the needlemarks in my arms
And as the men drive by and look at me
I try to lure them with my charms

So many friends I've known
Have died along the way
I'm so lost and oh, so desperate
I've forgotten how to pray

How lonely I become
As I leave the city lights
And go back to my "home"
To spend the rest of the night

As I close my eyes and drift
In and out of sleep
My body starts to sweat
And from the bed I leap

The voices they've come back
All around me they do roam
As I scream for Mum and Dad
To come and take me home

But I hear no reply
In the still of the night
As I stare out the window
At the early morning light

I left my family for this?
All their love I now crave
Oh, please don't let me take myself
Into an early grave

I need somebody's help
Bring my life back to me
Break these chains from my legs
Won't someone set me free?

Too quickly I grew up
So invincible was I
Oh, how I wish I was a child again
As I begin to break down and cry

The door creaks slowly open
As I huddle on my bed
Footsteps down the hall
To the bedroom is where they're lead

A friendly face looks down at me
So much warmth it does give
And for once I finally realise
I won't give up the will to live

As a hand reaches out
Bringing comfort to me
My eyes are finally open
And I begin to see

This is not where I belong
It's not where I should be
As I realise that my Dad is here
To take me back to my family

Still a long way do I have to go
But with so much love on my side
It will give me so much strength
And I just know that I'll survive


WRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WAY AND NEED OUR HELP