Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed

I must find the way to power through a noble brow

I married once for love then my senses came

I must marry for the stature of my husband"s name

Onto marriage number two

I knew what I had to do

My poor husband fell ill in a year or two

Solved problem number one now to problem number two

His doe-eyed little girl with gentle point of view

Would I ship her off to school

No I told her if she stayed that she"d have

To earn her keep and so she became the maid

She was lazy she was crazy

She was talking to the mice

She was hopelessly naïve so she had to pay the price

I moved her to the attic

Out of sight and out of mind

I could have thrown her out

But I am benevolent and kind

Mother your heart"s too big for you

I knew what I had to do

After all difficult children will take advantage of your good nature

So you lock them up throw away the key

There"s one on every family tree

Ungrateful

Hateful

Vile too the things she put you through

Break their spirit so they obey

Now they"ll do anything you say

Maybe you"d call it cruel but others would call it love

Tough love