Heart Of A Woman
She told him not to ride his motorbike so fast*
She told him life is not one of those things you think is going to last
He crashed in to a rock cut north of Guelph
Fifteen years later he still can’t feed himself
She gets three hours every Saturday night
So she goes out to the bar for a drink and smile
They ask her about it, she says, “I’m alright”
“This is the life I’ve been given”
And they hear the heart of a woman
It’s the heart of a woman
Gabrielle takes the girls to her Mom’s every weekend
Her husband works hard every day to keep things good
But he starts drinking on Friday and stops on Monday morning
She swore up and down that this last round in her final warning
By Wednesday he swears he’ll never touch it again
And she says, “It’s been 3 years so tell me when”
“I love you baby but this is the end”
“This is not the life our girls should be given”
And he hears the heart of a woman
It’s the heart of a woman
It’s calling out
It’s calling out
Sarah comes home from every night tired
She cooks up a frozen dinner and puts the dog outside
She wonders how long she’ll be living alone in the city
She’s never been one to be swallowed by fear and self-pity
She sits at the table, writes in her journal
Reminds herself what she’s working for
She knows it’s crazy she still dreams like a child
But this is the life she is choosing
She has the heart of a woman
It’s the heart of a woman
It’s calling out
It’s calling out
It’s calling out
It’s calling out