Once upon a time
There was a tiny baby girl
And her parents loved her
And they loved each other
And they dressed her all in pink
And hugged and kissed her all the time
And she had everything she wanted and more
Once upon a time
There was a little girl
With big brown eyes
That everyone admired
And her mother loved her
But her parents didn\'t love each other anymore
And her father went away
And didn\'t speak to her anymore.
That was the year she got a new daddy
One who didn\'t stay out drinking
Or yell at her mommy
And he loved her
And let her wear his cowboy hat.
And her mommy and her new daddy loved each other
And they told her she was going to be a big sister.
Once upon a time
There was a little girl
With hair all cut short
Even though she cried and cried
Because she liked her long hair
And that was the year that her baby brother was born
But he only lived for 2 weeks
And her parents still loved each other
But her mother was sad
And her father was angry
And she was lonely
So they got 2 cats
And her nightmares stopped
And they moved away.
Once upon a time
There was a girl
Just starting high school
And getting noticed for the first time
That was the year a boy on her swim team
Gave her a ride to practice
But took advantage of her before they got there
And she was too ashamed to admit she didn\'t want to
So she took the fall for it
And her mother slapped her when she found out
And she thought it would be a good idea
To slice herself open
And bleed her pain out
And she had to go to the hospital
Where they stitched her up
And sent her to a counselor
Who listened but didn\'t really care
And her parents still loved each other
But she started to wonder how much they really loved her
And she had a new little brother
Who adored her
And so she just focused on him
And her grades
So she could get away.
Once upon a time
There was a girl
On her own for the first time in her life
Determined to find herself in college
Determined to be the person she could never be back home
That was the year that she became desperate for love
Desperate for a reason to keep going
Because she was tired
And she gave herself away
Time and time again
Hoping maybe someone could love her
But no one could
And she got pregnant
And had to move back home to her parents
After the father of her child
Tried to pressure her into getting an abortion
Even after she told him she couldn\'t live with it
And she took a bottle of sleeping pills
So she wouldn\'t have to live without her baby
But she and her baby were both fine
And she had a tiny baby girl of her own
Who needed her completely
And she finally had a reason to keep going.
Once upon a time
There was a girl
Who fell in love
And he loved her too
And he bought her a ring
And promised to marry her
And love her daughter as his own
And that was the year she learned that people lie
And the man she loved hurt her
And screamed at her
And made her believe that it was her fault
But she loved him
So she stayed
And he decided he didn\'t want to marry her after all
And he tried to kill her when he caught her packing
So she took her daughter and left
Even though she still loved him.
Once upon a time
There was a girl
Who got kicked out of her house
And she had no job
And no place to live
And her parents watched her daughter for her during the week
So that she could get on her feet again
And her friend let her stay with her
But her daughter started to confuse her with her parents
And she noticed how much better off she was with them
And she began to wonder if she was losing her
That was the year she felt her reason to keep going
Start to slip away.
That was the year she did despicable things for money
So she could provide for her daughter
And she realized how alone she really was
And the knife became her best friend once again
And she turned to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain
And she realized that she had only ever been good for one thing
But that apparently she wasn\'t even enough at that.
Once upon a time
There was a girl
But she was really more of a shell
Completely empty inside
So she filled herself with pills and booze
Kissed the beautiful baby girl goodbye for the last time
As the baby girl rode off with her parents
And she went into her bedroom
And finally
She gave up.