Nicky couldn\'t figure out why there were so many stars,
Or why mommy\'s wrists had so many scars.
He didn\'t understand why daddy talked so loud,
and he couldn\'t sit on his lap, he wasn\'t allowed.
Almost every night daddy walked funny, in wiggly lines,
And him and mommy would yell bad words of all kinds.
Nicky\'d sit outside with his teddy bear and look at the night sky,
But he\'d only come back in when he couldn\'t hear mommy cry.
One fightening cold night he didn\'t hear mommy cry at all,
And when he peeked in around the door he saw her fall.
Daddy stood over mommys face and his hands were red,
And it wasnt long before nicky found out she was dead.
Nicky closed the door and went to lie in the driveway,
He decided he knew why the stars never would fade away.
\"Mommys went to be stars, to light the night for kids like me,
To help the little children who, at night, couldn\'t see.\"
