Take off all your make -up,
I wanna know who you really are and
You say you blame your childhood and
the way that you were raised
And all the spiteful words from
Your father beats you every day
Every night when you're on your back and
there's a stranger by your side
Do you think how you feel?
How the best days of your life
Does your mind play tricks on you?
All that money cannot find
Have you ever tried to walk away
Well, you're too young to die
And as the nights they get colder
Girl, you shiver while you cry
And she spread them skinny
She held her hands out wide
She said, I ain't too proud to beg
And now she told me once how
God in that alleyway she lay
It burned the beating that she got,
cause she didn't want to pay
And there were lights and sirens and silhouettes
as the crowd had gathered round
And all the contents of her bag
It was covering the ground
Well, it ain't worth the fight to stay alive
A little girl tries to survive
It impossible for her to look away
And as they worked on her body
in the alley where she lay
She spread them skinny white legs,
she held her hands out wide
She said, I ain't too proud to beg just
Now familiar faces from the past,
all these people that she knew
They were calling out her name,
saying we'll take care of you
There is a light so bright,
brighter than them neon lights that drew
All the people to their city with
They're built to drink and fight, swear and curse,
argue on the street with you
About the price they're prepared
to pay and just what you will do
And through the cobblestones
They share the feelin' and the trust
And she spread them skinny wide legs
She held her hands out wide
As she fell into the arms
Waitin' on the other side
She spread them skinny wide legs,
she held her hands out wide
