Just Eight Years Old
She’s never once gotten a hug
Never has she been tucked in bed
And never gotten a kiss on the head
A teddy bears the only thing she has to hold
As she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old
She doesn’t understand, why her moms mad,
Or why she’s never once seen her dad.
She knows not all families are like this.
She has seen parents giving their kids a kiss
And she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old.
She just wants attention, she just wants love,
But daddy’s away, and mommy’s on drugs.
Aunty lives to far away, and Uncle is in jail.
And Grandpa and Grandma no longer live,
And she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old.
She may not understand, but right now she doesn’t care
Her mommy may not hug her, but at least she knows she’s there
She pretends her fists are hugs, and her kicks are kisses
Her belt is a compliment, and her bad words are I love you
Still she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old
She’s shaking badly, it’s so cold tonight.
Her mommy really mad, with a gun in her hand.
Mommy’s yelling, but she only hears, ‘I love you’
Till a bang goes off, and teddy’s now red
And she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old.
God weeps, as she flies to heaven,
On wings white as snow.
The damage done to her before, now doesn’t show.
With the teddy in her arms, she lays next to others,
That had to cry themselves to sleep, as just eight years old.
Thus ends the sad story,
Of a small little girl
That had to cry herself to sleep
At just eight years old.
Never has she been tucked in bed
And never gotten a kiss on the head
A teddy bears the only thing she has to hold
As she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old
She doesn’t understand, why her moms mad,
Or why she’s never once seen her dad.
She knows not all families are like this.
She has seen parents giving their kids a kiss
And she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old.
She just wants attention, she just wants love,
But daddy’s away, and mommy’s on drugs.
Aunty lives to far away, and Uncle is in jail.
And Grandpa and Grandma no longer live,
And she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old.
She may not understand, but right now she doesn’t care
Her mommy may not hug her, but at least she knows she’s there
She pretends her fists are hugs, and her kicks are kisses
Her belt is a compliment, and her bad words are I love you
Still she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old
She’s shaking badly, it’s so cold tonight.
Her mommy really mad, with a gun in her hand.
Mommy’s yelling, but she only hears, ‘I love you’
Till a bang goes off, and teddy’s now red
And she cries herself to sleep, at just eight years old.
God weeps, as she flies to heaven,
On wings white as snow.
The damage done to her before, now doesn’t show.
With the teddy in her arms, she lays next to others,
That had to cry themselves to sleep, as just eight years old.
Thus ends the sad story,
Of a small little girl
That had to cry herself to sleep
At just eight years old.