BEVERLEY KNIGHT LYRICS - Goodbye Innocence

"Goodbye Innocence"



Goodbye innocence, you didn't stay too long

You were her haven, her solace while she was young

But Fate decreed that fear would form her personality

And she would cry when daylight passed, knowing that the night would bring

...Daddy



Goodbye innocence, you made her happy

Goodbye innocence, you saved her from pain

But you weren't enough, to break the heavy fall

Goodbye

Goodbye innocence



Now a woman, her character's 'unclean'

Childhood haunts her, she's fighting the things unseen

A slave to memory, relived as she sleeps

And freedom like the prisoner, whose fate is sealed by hate

Is a dream



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If only she found a reason to trust somebody

She would find a friend in me, o yes

See, I can't take away the pain, that she endured no, no, no

But I try to ease her misery



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