Gettin’ ready to meet her friends

For coffee at half past ten

She took a cold hard look in the mirror

It was there again

When last night’s knock down drag, knocked her down

She swore out loud to herself, “I’m gonna leave that clown!”

If there was proof on her cheek in the morning

And it was there again

Well she’s lied too many times always different excuses

Cover girl can’t hide these bruises

So in letters three feet tall

She wrote this message on the bedroom wall

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I gotta leave you for me

While I’m still in one piece

With my eyes wide shut

I still love you but

I gotta leave you for me