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Making Ends Meet

The girl she only comes out at night
She likes to go where the lights are not so bright
Smokey eyes and red ruby lips
She pretends she's on a catwalk and swings her hips
Since the age of fourteen she's been turning tricks
Serving males who want their kicks

"hello mate what can I do for you tonight?"
"I can fulfil your needs if the price is right"
Like re-sighting a verse the words roll off her tongue
And the start of her working night has begun
Her pimp is watching her and waiting for his cut
He beats her sometimes and calls her his slut

Sadly she doesn't know any better
And he controls her down to the letter
So is there anything better for this young creature of the dark?
Is her light gonna burn bright or stay just a spark?
She got caught out before and had a sexual disease
She's been used and abused and brought to her knees

This girl is brave and strong inside
She has reluctantly suffered life's bumpy ride
Years ago her mother abandoned her
Now she has this life and nobody seems to care
So now she has to make the best of things
She is only herself in the shower where she sings

Her working night was busy but now she's finished
All the money she earned soon becomes deminished
Her pimp makes sure he has taken his share
She is left with little and not even a taxi fare
She makes her way home down the darkened street
Enters her flat but there is no heat

She lives in a dilapidated council high rise
Tired and hungry she falls into bed and closes her eyes
She will do the same tomorrow and the day after that
And be at her pimps beck and call at the drop of a hat
One day she will release herself from his grip
And walk away with pride and a stiff upper lip
Written by Shadowcat
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