Happy Families

Happy Families

Happy families that I meet

Mom and Dad are fighting, heading down Divorce Street

Happy families in their cars

Single mothers at the bars

Happy families eating dinner

Neglected children getting thinner

Happy families in the kitchen

Mommy and daddy, always bitchin'

Family portraits, let's all pose!

Divorce contracts, getting closed

Mom and Dad sipping wine

Kid lies to therapist, says "I'm fine"

Happy families going for a walk

Judge in the court says "it's your turn to talk"

Everyone's packing for the family vacation

Lawyers and money, so many complications

"Honey you're home! I made you a snack!"

"Goddamnit, I hate you!" I yell at my mom's back

Happy families snug in their beds

Teenagers crying silently, wanting to be dead

Happy families in church, praising The Lord

Kids waiting in jails, oh so bored

Pregnant couple, picking out a name

"Who's the Child Going to Live With?" not a fun game

Happy families have their fun

The other families rarely see the sun.

Happy Families

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