[00:30.23]when i was a little child,
[00:34.22]i'd escape into my head
[00:38.26]and into the heads of authors
[00:42.11]through the magic words i read
[00:45.93]i'd be many different people,
[00:49.60]each one braver than myself
[00:53.97]then i wouldn't feel his weight
[00:57.38]and i wouldn't hear them yell
[01:01.34]when they asked me at the shelter,
[01:05.03]if my father touched me there
[01:09.35]i dreamt with my eyes open,
[01:13.00]mute i shook my hair
[01:16.77]the truth was just too painful
[01:20.52]and i did not trust their care
[01:24.34]only years and cities later
[01:28.35]could i lay the facts out bare
[01:32.34]aoh..aho..aho..ye..ha..
[01:47.55]he took from me ten years of childhood,
[01:51.41]spent three years in jail at most
[01:55.17]how can a country's code of justice
[01:59.07]be such a world away from just?
[02:03.00]mother says she still loves him,
[02:06.78]tells me that i'm doing fine,
[02:10.70]that he needs her more than i do,
[02:14.59]so i really should not mind
[02:48.90]now i'm supposed to be all grown up,
[02:53.32]i escape into these songs
[02:57.22]i still hide inside those books
[03:00.95]when i'm really feeling down
[03:04.83]shame like a stalker haunts me
[03:08.65]he may never go away
[03:12.66]but i won't be sad,
[03:15.42]i won't let him steal my joy
[03:20.33]when he tells me i am worthless,
[03:24.33]i sing out anyway
[03:28.01]cause i won't be sad or silent
[03:31.89]i won't let him steal my joy
[03:36.04]he tells me i am worthless,
[03:39.75]but i sing out anyway
[03:43.64]cause i won't be sad
[03:46.35]i won't let him steal my joy
[03:51.21]i won't be sad i won't be silent
[03:55.21]i won't let him steal my joy