Why

We were both children
But your innocence was gone
You saw mine ripe for taking
And soon my childhood was done

Why did you have to steal away
The things you were denied
Because of you I cry at night
You stole what I couldn't hide

You saw that I was lonely
And so you let me play
I didn't know you had a price
Until I had to pay

Why did you have to steal away
The things you were denied
Because of you I cry at night
And lost all of my pride

You had to be your own man
Although you were a boy
But that does not excuse
You using me as your toy

Why did you have to steal away
The things you were denied
Beause of you I cry at night
You weren't on my side

You acted like a grownup
You thought you had the right
But who gave you the power
To take everything in sight

Why did you have to steal away
The things you were denied
Because of you I cry at night
Because of you I hide

Why did you have to take
My childhood away
For now I have to think of you
And curse your name each day

Why did you have to steal away
The things you never had
Stealing didn't bring them back
And what you did was bad

Why did you have to steal away
My childhood and my life
But now I vow to banish you
I'm finished with this strife

You stole away all that I had
You took what you had lost
Well now its time I tell you
I won't pay that cost

Why did you have to steal away
The things you were denied
But now I will live my life
And take it all in stride