I'm lying in bed With my tenny-shoes on So I can run for help Cause tonight it's going down He's been drinking all day And claims he can't find any work Like a time bomb set by the liquor Somebody's bound to get hurt It starts off with name calls and cursing He breaks her down with low self-esteem Once the bottles empty things start to worsen From the bedroom I can hear them both scream Accusations about one cheating on the other A sorry excuse for a man Through the crack of the door I can see him Smack her with the back of his hands I hop out the back window And I'm running just as fast as I can To the payphone at the liquor store So I can call the police man Operator, operator an emergency Send me an ambulance Cause my mom is getting beaten as I'm speaking And I don't know how much time she has I run back to an eerie cold silence As I walk through the door I take a step sadly notice Momma lying on the kitchen floor Face first still breathing badly beaten As the blood drips straight from her chin When I was running for some help he beat her with a dumbbell The kind that you find at the gym I wrap a towel around her head And I hold her close in my lap All around us is broken glass And the sofa's lying on its back He returns as the cops show up And they take his sorry ass to jail She recovers with her stitches and forgives him And she even helps post his bail You'd think she would learn a little lesson And decide that its time to move on But when its time for subpoena she pretends that There's no body home He say's he's sorry for the trouble The abuse in the past is all done But I pay no attention cause he's drinking And I go to bed with my shoes on

Aah-aah Aah-aah You can knock on the door, but I'm not gonna let you in You can play all your games, but I'm not gonna let you win again You can step to me with all your negativity, uh Don't you know I'm just so over you under my skin And this time it's not even anger I think we're just better as strangers Don't try the locks 'cause I changed them You can't have my head space (Aah-aah) Won't let you in my safe place (Na-na, oh, na-na-na, yeah) You can say what you want, you can do what you like You can throw another stone, but you're never gonna see my heart break No, no 'Cause you can't have my headspace You, you, you can't have it (aah-aah) For the first time, I ain't gonna give you a second thought (nah-nah) 'Cause your talk is so cheap that the pain isn't worth the cost So do your worst to me but you'll never get the best of me 'Cause I know who I am, don't tell me what I'm not Now I like the way I feel brand new Matter of fact, I should thank you I'm stronger for what you put me through You can't have my headspace (You can't have my headspace) Won't let you in my safe place (Na-na, oh, na-na-na, hey) You can say what you want, you can do what you like You can throw another stone, but you're never gonna see my heart break No, no (you can't) 'Cause you can't have my headspace (you, you) You can't have it No, you can't have my headspace (you, you) You can't have it One, two, three, four Don't you come round here no more Five, six, seven, eight You can try but it's too late Eight, seven, six, five Finally, got you off my mind Four, three, two, one I'm done You can't have my headspace (headspace) Won't let you in my safe place (Na-na, oh, na-na-na, hey) You can say what you want, you can do what you like You can throw another stone, but you're never gonna see my heart break No, no (you can't) 'Cause you can't have my headspace (you, you) You can't have it No, you can't have my headspace (you, you) You can't have it 'Cause you can't have my headspace (you, you) You can't have it No, you can't have my headspace (you, you) You can't have it You can't have my headspace