Purple Dress Lyrics

She began her life as any other child

Without a care and unaware of the wicked world

Mommy tried her best to keep her and her brother safe and warm

Daddy got a second job and wore it like a crown of thorns

When she turned six her mommy bought a purple dress

She took her to the mall and had her picture taken smiling

Back at home daddy turned he knocked the bottles from the table

Mommy took the kids upstairs but couldn't keep herself from crying

Then daddy came in with the night

He drew the sheets he dimmed the lights

She fought and cried as daddy cried

His hand across her mouth he said I love you

She was not much older than fifteen

When she followed him into a room for the thrill of the unknown

She watched in fascination as he cut a line

And as she bent down to the mirror

He smiled This'll take away the pain

Oh the pain

But then he came on with the night

He drew the sheets he dimmed the light

She fought and cried as he pried

He tore her purple dress she said I hate you

I hate you

Now she walks in misery afraid to love afraid to be

The woman that she know she is but fears she never can

But when I looked into her eyes I saw her staring back at me

The little girl in the purple dress that wallows in her hatred

For the man who comes on like the night

He tears the sheets he kills the light

She fights and cries as Daddy pries

Awakens from a dream she cannot see him

She'll always see him

She'll always see him

She'll always see him

She'll always see him

She'll always see him

She'll always see him