Light In the Hall

Lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 I try to slide in the crack between the bed and the wall I am falling I am falling [Verse 2] 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 [Pre-Chorus] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] 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 [Pre-Chorus] I will run to the park I will climb on the swing I will swing so high Up above everything 'Til a cloud takes me away [Chorus] 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 [Verse 5] 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 [Verse 6] 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 [Pre-Chorus] Tracing the truth Through the tangle of lies Forgiving myself what I did to survive I am living I am living [Chorus] 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