I'm Ok sing and play along

Once upon a time, there was a girl.

In her early years, she had to learn

how to grow up living in a war that she called home;

never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm.

It hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face ev'ry time my father's fist would put her in her place.

Hearing all the yelling, I would cry up in my room,

hoping it would be over soon.

Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same,

and I still remember how you kept me so afraid.

Strength is my mother for all the love she gave.

And ev'ry morning that I wake,

I look back at yesterday,

and I'm OK.

I often wonder why I carry all this guilt,

when it's you that helped me put up all these walls I built.

Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door,

the echo of a broken child screaming,

"Please, no more."

Daddy, don't you understand the damage you have done?

For you it's just a memory,

but for me, it still lives on.

back at yesterday...

It's not so easy to forget

all the marks you left along her neck;

when I was thrown against cold stairs;

and ev'ry day, afraid to come home,

in fear of what I might see next.

Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same,

and I still remember how you kept me so afraid.

Strength is my mother for all the love she gave.

And ev'ry morning that I wake,

I look back at yesterday,

and I'm OK.

Mm, I'm OK.