CHILD ABUSE

Teddy, Iâ??ve been bad again, my mommy told me so
I\'m not quite sure what I did wrong, but I thought that you should know

When I woke up this morning, I knew that she was mad
â??Cause she was crying awful hard, and yelling at my dad
 
I tried my best to be real good, and do just what she said
I cleaned my room all by myself, I even made my bed

But I spilled milk on my good shirt, when she yelled at me to hurry
And I guess she didnâ??t hear me, when I told her I was sorry.

Cause she hit me awful hard, you see, and called me funny names
and told me I was really bad,
and that I should be ashamed!

When I said \"I love you mommy,
I guess she didnâ??t understand
â??Cause she yelled at me to shut my mouth,
or Iâ??d get smacked again.
 
So I came up here to talk to you, please tell me what to do,
Cause I really love my mommy, and I know she loves me too.

And I donâ??t think my mommy means to hit me quite so very hard
I guess sometimes grown ups forget, how really big they are.

So teddy, I wish you were real, and you werenâ??t just a teddy bear
Then you could help me find a way to tell mommyâ??s everywhere

To please try hard to understand, how sad it makes me feel
â??Cause the outside pain soon goes away, but the inside never heals!
 
And if we could make them listen, maybe then theyâ??d understand
So other children just like me, wouldnâ??t have to hurt again

But for now I guess Iâ??ll hold you tight and pretend the painâ??s not there
I know youâ??d never hurt me, so goodnight teddy bear!