Mommy use to warn me
about boys who would pull my hair,
and tell me I was pretty,
and pick me up in their fathers truck,
and break my heart.
But she did not mention all the other ways a little girl could have her heart broken.

Like when her daddy packs his bags and doesn't come back home,
or when her mother picks up the bottle instead of her from dance class.
She failed to tell me that there were men out there that
would hit you until you saw black
and then tell you they couldn't live without you.
And that your best friend will figure out everything about you, and then use it against you.
The reality is, many little girls have their hearts broken
long before they have a chance to have a man tell them they love them.