Crawl past your window much too late 
 You curse at me as you hide your face 
 A black eye, a scratch across your cheek 
										
Already the second time this week 
You say âGet the hell out of here 
I don't want you to see another tear 
It's my fault so don't try to save me 
I'm stronger now than you'll ever beâ\ 
Every bruise on her arm tells a story 
Every night that she cries makes me worry 
I intervene but that don't help 
Why don't I worry about myself 
Go back to school and you're not there 
Think of the patches in your hair 
Where he pulled you down against the floor 
And called you his lovely little whore 
I slam my desk and I run out 
I'm trying hard to hold it down 
A puppet in a world of unfair things 
I swear I'm gonna cut the strings 
Every bruise on her arm tells a story 
Every night that she cries makes me worry 
I intervene but that don't help 
Why don't I worry about myself 
You won't have to live like this 
You won't have to hurt like that 
You won't have to deal with this 
You won't have to cry like that(2x) 
You don't have to do anything at all 
Every bruise on her arm tells a story 
Every night that she cries makes me worry 
I intervene but that don't help 
Why don't I worry about myself