Broken Toy

I had a friend who had been violated as a young girl, her story moved me to write this song.

Lyrics

The tears flow down her cheeks like rivers of pain
But she can’t tell Mommy, Mommy would never look at her the same
And she can’t tell Daddy, he’s one of them to
She doesn’t know where to go, doesn’t know what to do

Torn apart the city’s broken toy
So much pain, so little joy
She bears the scars of wounds that won’t heal
So much pain for a child to feel

So much fear in her eyes, down the street she runs
So many people there, she wonders who’s the next one
She walks in the shadows, you’ll never see her smile
She could never open her heart to a world that’s so vile

Torn apart the city’s broken toy
So much pain, so little joy
She bears the scars of wounds that won’t heal
So much pain for a child to feel

She cries herself to sleep, but the tears won’t ease the pain
She could never trust the world, things will never be the same
She feels that no one cares, she knows the reason why
No one could ever love an angel that cannot fly

Torn apart the city’s broken toy
So much pain, so little joy
She bears the scars of wounds that won’t heal
So much pain for a child to feel