Let's go

Let’s go
It won’t take long
We can make it
Away from here
We can go
And never come back
All we need
Is you
And me
And all we’ll take
Is what we need
And all we’ll share
Is everything.
Shh
Daddy’s asleep
Passed out on the couch
From all the alcohol
And all the drugs
And all the time it took
To coax little sister out of her clothes
So he could play a game
That made her cry out
And say
Please daddy-no
It hurts
Ouch.

He won’t make little sister cry
Any more
Because we’re going
Tonight
He’ll never know
Creep past the couch
With our bags of clothes in hand
And a small sack
Full of food
And money
For us to get by on
As we make our way home
To a home we’ve never been
To a home we’ve never seen
But a home better
Than this.

I have scars on my face
From where Daddy hit
Slapped
Kicked
Me
For telling him to stop
Hurting little sister.
He said it’s okay
Because we’re his property
But not anymore
Tonight we’re going away.
We shut the back screen door
Quietly
Quietly
Shh
And stepped out
Onto the cool night grass
And made our way through the back yard
Into the alley
Down the alley
Into the street
And across the railroad tracks.

We ran and we ran
Until our feet were sore
And blisters had formed
From the poor quality of our shoes
And we kept going
When our feet started to bleed
And I started to cough
We just kept running.
We have to get away from here
We have to get away.
Sometimes I wish we didn’t have to
But tonight was our last stay.
Daddy cannot hit me
And Daddy cannot hurt you
It’ll be alright
Shh
We’ll sleep in this empty train car
Tonight.

Tomorrow brings a new day
A day when we’ll continue
On
Into the new world
Where we’ll find
Our new home
And keep going
And keep running
Until we find it
Our sweet salvation
A paradise
Of the
Abused.
Where we can live
Without being used.
Shh go to sleep now
Little sister
Tomorrow brings a new day
From now on
All we need is each other
Go to sleep now
And tomorrow
Let’s go.