Light In The Hall lyrics

Lyrics by Fred Small and Jayne Habe

There`s a light in the hall
There`s a crack in the doorway lets it into my room
Tells me everything tells me everything
I curl up in a ball
Try to slide in the crack between the bed and the wall
I am falling I am falling

Daddy they`ll know
I`ll walk funny and they`ll know I`ve been bad
Daddy please don`t please don`t please don`t
I`m shaking all over
I squeeze my legs together just as tight as I can
You can`t you can`t you can okay okay okay

I see the tree through the window
The tree is my friend
I see the moon through the clouds
And the stars without end
I am flying away I am dying

Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl
It wouldn`t have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt
It`s waiting somewhere for me

Don`t you tell anyone
If you know what`s good for you
And your little sister don`t you love your sister
And who would believe you
Just a little girl with a big imagination
Everyone knows me I`m an important man

I get ready for school
My hair is brushed and pulled tight in a bow
But I am dirty I am dirty
Mommy puts on my coat
Red and purple blotches up and down my legs
She won`t look at me she won`t look at me

I will run to the park
I will climb on the swing
I will swing so high
Up above everything
Till a cloud takes me away

Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl
It wouldn`t have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt
It`s waiting somewhere for me

Now I am grown
On a silver chain I wear a pretty stone
A friend gave me to say she loves me
And to say I can love
And to say I am worthy of it
It is not easy it is not easy

Sometimes I scream
Sometimes I weep like the little girl
I never was I never was
I tell the story
Somebody stole my life but I`m taking it back
I can see colors I can see colors now

Tracing the truth through the tangle of lies
Forgiving myself what I did to survive
I am living I am living

Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl
It wouldn`t have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt
It`s waiting somewhere for me
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