Early in the morning, as I walk outside
In the distance I can hear the cars driving by
I come across a woman while walking down the street
She's sitting down by the curb got no shoes on her feet
She looks beat
Our eyes meet
I take a seat
I ask her "what happened?"
She tells me
About her husband
Keith
Who kicked her out and left her with nothing
To go sleep on the street
I hug her
I tell her how my mother
Was another
Who almost ended up
In the gutter
She wasn't left on the street
But she was beat
Not by Keith
But by a John
Who she thought she'd be happy with you see
Until
The day she finally realized when he slapped her
Choked her
Left her with bruises
Made her feel useless
That boy he was ruthless
But luckily she made it out
"And you can do it too"
Thats not what real love is
And that's the truth
Now we gotta find a solution
Figure out what's the next move
I know your in confusion
But its the best thing to do
Thank you, she says
My name is Lau
