It must have been so hardRacing for our kids, I knowYour mama, she fell apartCause daddy was never homeSometimes I wanted to run awayJust couldn't leave my sister on her ownShe's the reason why I stayedCause we were inseparableBut there's times you wanna be aloneEven when you're ten years oldSo I'd barricade the door to my roomStay in there all afternoonAs the fighting went on downstairsI knewI was safe inside my roomBut there's times you wanna be aloneI always felt loved as a kidBut some days were good and some were *And when the drinking started changing the moodI would hide inside my roomAnd finally the day cameWhen my parents, they would separateI didn't understand back thenBut now I see it was the only wayYeah, there's things that you just can't controlWhen you're only twelve years oldSo I'd barricade the door to my roomStay in there all afternoonAs the fighting went on downstairsI knewI was safe inside my roomI always felt loved as a kidBut some days were good and some were *And when the drinking started changing the moodI would hide inside my roomI would hide inside my roomI would hide inside my roomI would hide inside my roomNow I got children on my ownYeah, I would die for them bothAnd I just couldn't do it aloneI tell them as I sing them to sleepOh my love, I promise youYou'll never have to hide inside your room