Krissy's got a real big crush

He stands real tall and acts real tough

Ain't nothing real about high school love

Till baby came too soon

'Cause she didn't plan on marrying at nineteen

But she don't know what to do

Her mama told her: Listen, dear

You don't got any options here

So sleep in that dirt bed that you have made

So she shut her mouth and turned around

'Cause she don't even know what she could say

Well back home Krissy's man is drunk

And he gets real mean when he's fucked up

But what would she give up to save a child?

That house is getting cold

And only living Krissy knows is just survival

Till one day he came home again

And wrapped his hands around her neck

So late at night she up and left

And took baby along with her

And now she's got to learn to live again

While they're all calling her a quitter

This life is just a drunken dream

And liquor flows like kerosene

It lights you up and slowly burns you out

Some people live for someone else

And don't know how to cry for help

And they're waking up all but broken down

But they would never say that shit out loud

One day her own angel came

And took 'em both under his wings

Taught 'em both what love is supposed to be

It was rolling fields of gold and yellow roses

For as far as she could see

And they both made a brand new boy

Who grew up fast and found his voice

And when he left his mama, she stayed silent

But her head was getting loud

And she never thought the house would be this quiet

Well this life is just a drunken dream

And liquor flows like kerosene

It lights you up and slowly burns you out

Some people live for someone else

And don't know how to cry for help

And they're waking up all but broken down

But they would never say that shit out loud

Well Krissy got a call again

And learned her high school crush was dead

He'd gone and wrapped his car around a tree

And as much as she'd like to forget

It hurt real bad, that boy was family

Now Krissy's kids are all grown up

They stand real tall and act real tough

While she's at home still dreaming of

What she's gonna be when she grows up

It's her she's got to learn to love

A mother's all she ever was

It's her she's got to learn to love

A mother's all she ever was