No Where Else To Go

No Where Else To Go
It’s early Christmas Morning just slightly after 2
The candle in the window flickers mournful ‘cross the room
And you lie there like a baby to numb to feel the pain
But you know he won’t get up again

It started with those angry words just after you were wed
That stripped you of all confidence with all those things he said
Then moved on to those punches that sent you cross the floor
And you know you can’t take it anymore

So burn the candle down
Load the gun and turn around
It’s simple once you know
You’ve nowhere else to go
You’ve nowhere else to go

Sometimes there’s just no way to think about the consequence
When blood and broken bone conspires to remove all common sense
And all that’s really wanted some respite from it all
So you get to where it is safer to go and take the fall

So burn the candle down
Load the gun and turn around
It’s simple once you know
You’ve nowhere else to go
You’ve nowhere else to go

The weight of all those years takes away your sense of self
And the answer to the question it lies upon the shelf
So you reach for the gun that will give you 20 years
Six bullets pull the trigger and see him lying there

So you burned the candle down
Got a gun and turned around
It’s simple once you know
There’s nowhere else to go
Nowhere else to go

In a prison down in Washington just slightly after two
You lie there as the prison lights **** ‘cross the room
And you lie there like a baby too numb to feel the pain
But you know he won’t get up again