RON TRUEMAN-BORDER has written a song..BATTERED WIVES key of D for guitar
D Bm7
Nobody sees...few people know
Em7 A
He's always careful to hit you where the bruises don't show
D Bm7
Forever suffering in silence,holding back the tears
Em7 A
And it's,"Don't scream too loud now the neighbours might hear"
G D A D G D A D A
CHORUS:Battered lovers,battered wives,battered mothers,shattered lives
When she was expecting she thought things might change
But bad went to worse,just bringing more of the same
She knew she should leave then but where could she go
When your barefoot and pregnant no one wants to know
CHORUS:
Bm G D
BRIDGE:Beaten black and blue there's nothing she can do
A Bm
No shoulder to cry upon no one she can turn to
Bm G D
And though the scars may heal and though the wounds may mend
A F#7 Bm Em A
For her the hurt goes on somehow it never ends
Her spirit's been broken she's been bent to his will
By the belt and the fist by those looks that could kill
Now she goes through the motions day after day
Looking for oblivion in a valium haze
INST CHORUS:
Tonight he's been drinking,tomorrow she'll find
Him sober and sorry just like the last time
It's that old vicious circl,sick and obscene
Where the abuse and the violence have become routine
CHORUS:
BRIDGE: And the police will call,there's voices in the hall
They'll ask about your slip,they'll hear about your fall
And surely it's a shame but no one can be blamed
It was an accident these things happen after all
Nobody sees, few people know
And all the surveys and statistics can never ever show
How it feels to be that woman at the mercy of that man
And unless you've been a victimyou can't understand
CHORUS:
Ron's website is www.folking.com/rontruemanborder if you would like to cantact him about this song
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