I sit here waiting.
I am nervous.
I've had the training.
Can I cut it?
Don't make decisions for them,
don't tell them what to do.
Just listen to them,
believe them too.
The phone cries out,
who will it be?
(who will it be? who will it be?)
The Crisis Line I say.
Can I help you?
She says
I need to talk to someone
'cause I'm running out of time.
I made it through the day,
but I won't make it through the night.
My hand is full of Aspirin
and my heart is full of shame.
In two or three more hours
I'll be over all the pain
And I answer:
Stay on the line
Stay on the line
Are you still there?
Stay on the line
Lets make a deal, now.
I don't want you to die
Just promise me,
that you won't suicide.
I say are you alone?
She says he's gone
And they took my kids, my kids away
I'm so alone.
She says
Every time I take a drink,
it comforts as it burns.
And every drink I take
I'm at the point of no return.
Addiction is a quicksand
and I'm sinkin' really fast.
My time is up and now
I'm slippin' through the hourglass
And I answer
You're not alone.
Don't cross that line.
Are you still there?
Stay on the line.
Please
Stay on the
line
A few days later
I read the paper
About a woman's suicide.
And I wonder.
I'll always wonder.
And I still hear
I need to talk to someone
'cause I'm runnin' out of time.
(runnin' out of time)
I made it through the day,
but I won't make it through the night.
(make it through the night)
My hand is full of Aspirin
and my heart is full of shame.
(heart is full of shame)
In two or three more hours
I'll be over all the pain
And I wonder
Are you still there?
Are you still there?
Are you still there?
Are you still there?