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Thread #72690   Message #1254593
Posted By: JennyO
23-Aug-04 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: Songs Re Violence/Abuse to Women
Subject: RE: Songs Re Violence/Abuse to Women
There is a song in Australia which I love, called "He Says" by Karen Lynne. Here is a link to her website which has the lyrics, and an MP3 sample of the chorus of the song. It is on the album "Labour of Love".

I think I will post the lyrics here too:

He Says

(Karen Lynne Frencham, Heather Field)

I am walking in the garden, why don't I just walk out
and shut the gate behind me and forget
I could go and live in Melbourne
Just the kids and me
And I know he'd never find me there and yet

He'd be all alone without us
And I'd miss him when he's kind
Though I wouldn't miss his anger, or the pain
And maybe like he tells me, I'm just a useless fool
And I'm lucky to have a husband anyway

Chorus

He says he loves me and,
He says he's sorry and,
He says he needs me and it'll never happen again
But he says its my fault
Everytime he hurts me and,
I'm the one who's sorry for what he says in the end.

I dreamed that life with him would be like those fairytales
But it's a tragedy unwritten and unspoken
And though I lie to those around me,
and the bruises fade with time
It's much more than my bones that he has broken.

Chorus