On Your Own

Was it all just a dream
A shining knight in armor
Did he make you his queen
Did he rescue your heart

You thought he would change
But the change it grew darker
Yet there you remain
With your engine in park

There’s a strange way in which life repeats itself
There’s a baby strapped into the backseat
If it weren’t for a fatherless childhood
He’d be fine

Why don’t you live in a place on your own?
Why do you cry every night by the phone?
Don’t you see
Your freedom is never free
Your mind is already miles away
Deanna, Deanna where are you?

Storms come and go
We escape if we’re able
Sometimes we survive
Sometimes we fall through the cracks

Show me the money as I work myself stiff
Is there no choice but to love it or to leave it
If you nurture the atmosphere of hope my friend
What might you find?

Why don’t you live in a place on your own
Pack up your bags, leave no trace, find a home
Where you can be
So secure with a family
Is it in you to run away
Deanna, Deanna where are you?

Ohh, You won’t believe, the sky through the trees on a clear day
Ohh, the morning sun will rise, with a reflection in your eyes
To show you the way

So why don’t you live in a place on your own
Breath in fresh air, read a book, write a poem
About the times
You refused to see the signs
Of a young heart dying for love
Deanna, Deanna, Deanna where are you?

John Andrew Suchocki
September 2005