Daddy's Home

Daddy’s home with a drunken roar  
Calling mummy a filthy whore  
Strikes her head against the wall  
Child aghast watches her fall  
Please daddy no the youngster cries  
As vainly mummy try’s to rise  
The little girl is only ten  
She's seen this time and time again  
Daddy please just stop and think  
It’s only ‘cos you’ve had a drink  
Child is slapped and thrust aside  
Leave her alone the mother cried  
Renewed fury at his wife  
Swears one day he’ll take her life  
It’s payday, Friday night again  
Most weeks the pattern's just the same  
Inadequate man gets blind with drink  
Attacks those he loves and doesn’t think  
About his child seeing this shame  
Everyone but he’s to blame  
Renewed attack child can stand no more  
Throws herself upon the floor  
Wraps her body round mummy’s head  
Please daddy please kick me instead  
He roughly drags the child away  
Semi conscious mother lies at bay  
Blows and kicks rain down upon her  
Brutalised by this man of no honour  
Neighbours call the cops again  
When they arrive it's very plain  
This time mummy won’t arise  
And late that night the mother dies  
The father lies to save his hide  
But he’ll spend many a year inside  
The child taken to a care home screaming  
A nightmare with no end to the dreaming  
What was her sin? What was her crime?  
This sweet young soul lost for all time.