Tender was the age and fragile was the state...
Seeking out acceptance to try and kill the hate.
Needing someone's touch as my own first aid...
Trying so hard ta find her, but not ta get laid.

Cuz sex was easy back in the day...
Pussy was everywhere and it wanted ta play.
But didn't need more fun, I was having my fill...
I was missing true love, my heart was at a standstill.

Then one night I was drunk with my friends...
Saw two hot ladies drinkin round the bend.
Hooked up with one, gave her my last beer...
And the look in her eyes showed love was near.

That one fateful evening brought about many more...
Turned out she was someone I could finally adore.
She accepted me for who I was and where I'd been...
But only time and God knew I'd soon fill her life with sin.

I was like Frankenstein and she was the girl by the lake...
My love was filled with hate sendin tremors like earthquakes.
I didn't know how to handle loving such a gentle flower...
So I did what I knew, came at her with force and power.

I didn't hide jealousy, demanded my way everyday...
Took her cherished love and pretty much threw it away.
I even had her kill our baby cuz I didn't need all that shit...
Didn't wanna be a pops back then so we went to the clinic.

I suppose you can guess, that act killed things forever...
She tried to get over it, but it was more like "No, never".
And the day she packed up and moved states away...
Was the day I died inside, but really, what could I say?

Cuz I'd been such an evil thing and ruined her first love...
Cut into her self esteem like clipping the wings of a dove.
So I let her go, even though I wanted to follow and beg...
But there was nothing to say or stand on, not even one leg.

Learn a lesson, kids...I waited 11 years to find love again...
Now I take care of it and mean it with honor, like when I say 'Amen'.

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