Concrete Angel

[Verse 1]

She walks to school with the lunch she packed

Nobody knows what she's holdin' back

Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday

She hides the bruises with linen and lace

[Verse 2]

The teacher wonders, but she doesn't ask

It's hard to see the pain behind the mask

Bearin' the burden of a secret storm

Sometimes she wishes she was never born

[Chorus]

Through the wind and the rain

She stands hard as a stone

In a world that she can't rise above

But her dreams give her wings

And she flies to a place where she's loved

Concrete angel

[Verse 3]

Somebody cries in the middle of the night

The neighbours hear, but they turn out the light

A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate

When mornin' comes it'll be too late

[Chorus]

Through the wind and the rain

She stands hard as a stone

In a world that she can't rise above

But her dreams give her wings

And she flies to a place where she's loved

Concrete angel

[Verse 3]

A statue stands in a shaded place

An angel girl with an upturned face

A name is written on a polished rock

A broken heart that the world forgot

[Chorus]

Through the wind and the rain

She stands hard as a stone

In a world that she can't rise above

But her dreams give her wings

And she flies to a place where she's loved

Concrete angel