Never Looked Back Lyrics

Yeah

You know, everybody's got their own struggles

But some of us have been through it all

Yeah

She was a little girl

From a broken home

Alcoholic step-father always on his throne

Mama always had some bruises

Or some broken bones

Little girl always screamin'

"Leave my mama alone!"

But screamin' never worked

So she just prayed at church

"God, please take away

All the pain and the hurt

And put him in a hearse

Before I do it first

Even if it ruins my life

At least I'm saving hers"

She cried, "Mama, please leave

He don't love you

He just wants to see you bleed

He ain't go nothin' that we need

Forget a father figure

He don't even care about me!

And you can always find another

But if we stay, then I'm afraid

Soon, I'll be without a mother"

Finally got fed up and packed

So they hit the road

Pedal to the flo'

And they never looked back

Mmm

You don't have to go

Back to that Life

No

You don't need to go

Back to that life

God's got a new plan

Just leave it in His hands

Don't go back to that life

You don't have to go back

She was only 15

Been living with her father

While her Mama got clean

Was sneakin' with her boyfriend

Doing grown-up things

Became a baby with a baby

No more times to chase dreams

She tried to do the right thing

Got married to the dad

So they could have a family

She began to see a change in him

He was always gone

He left her sittin' by the phone

With the baby all alone

This ain't the type of life she wanted

She'd call him, he'd just yell

And call her names

And hang up on her

He acted like she wasn't even there

And when she cried he acted like

He didn't even care

So naive, she still believed that he

Could give her the world

Til she found out

He was cheatin' on her

With another girl

Finally got fed up and packed

So she hit the road

Pedal to the flo'

And she never looked back

Mmm

You don't have to go

Back to that Life

No

You don't need to go

Back to that life

God's got a new plan

Just leave it in His hands

Don't go back to that life

You don't have to go back

She was barely 19

A single mother strugglin'

To make ends meet

No child support was coming

But the baby had to eat

So she did what she had to do

And hit the club down the street

She had to shake a little somethin'

To make that her baby boy

Would never hurt for nothin'

She hid it from her family

She knew that they'd be mad

Last thing she ever wanted

Was to have to hurt her Dad

And yeah, she made a lot of cash

But lost her self esteem

And she was always feeling bad

Cryin' cause she always wished

She'd never had to do it

But when Christmas came

The baby's face lit up

And pulled her through it

She knew she could do somethin' else

So she applied for school

So she could make somethin'

Out of herself

Finally got fed up and packed

So she hit the road

Pedal to the flo'

And she never looked back