• Artist: Christina Aguilera
• Song Title: I'm OK
• Album: Stripped

Once upon a time there was a girl.
In her early years, she had to learn,
How to grow up living in a war she called home.
Never knew just where to turn from shelter from the storm.
It hurt me to see the pain cross my mother's face,
Every time my father's fist would put her in her place.
Hearing all the yelling, I would sit up in my room,
Hoping it would be over soon.

CHORUS:
Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same,
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave.
And every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday...
And I'm OK.

I often wonder why I carry all this guilt,
When it's you that helped m;y put up all these walls I've built.
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door.
Echoes of a broken child screaming, "Please, no more."
Daddy, don't you understand the damage you have done.
For you, it's just a memory, but for me, it still lives on.

Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same,
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave.
And every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday.

BRIDGE:
It's not so easy to forget,
All the marks you left along her neck.
When I was thrown against cold stairs,
And everyday afraid to come home in fear of what I might see next...

REPEAT CHORUS

I'm OK...