see those lines upon her face
it's so sad, such a human waste
for this girl so young and free
to fall down like a fallen leaf
she goes home to a crowded room
full of smoke and cheap perfume
and the neighbors stare at the tube
and tell stories of their wasted youth

(chorus)

she's seventeen
she knows what they mean
she's seventeen
and she's down on her knees
and her master knows the secret way
to ease the pain of another day

she doesn't know there's another way to face the fear without turning away
and she's cold, it's a cold hard world
but deep inside she's a little girl
with dreams she can never find cause she's all alone, got nowhere to hide
so she runs away in a desperate move but she doesn't see
it's a darkened tomb

(chorus)

then a shot in the dark
pierces her heart
she's all alone in the cold and dark
when the dream ends
there's a place to go
in another world
where the pain won't show
then the little one in the hardened shell heads for the Son and away from hell
and she touched the hand
with healing power
and now she stands till the final hour

(chorus)