(he Said) I Love You

She sits alone as the sun goes down Like she does almost every night Knowing he'll come home drunk again And start another fight She was so young when she met him Just sixteen years and a day She hated her life on the farm And he promised to take her away How could she know he was lying Just feeding her a line She'd never had any love at home And his, "I love you" sounded so fine The sun shone on their wedding day She was a happy girl But, too soon the storm clouds gathered And totally ruined her world She tried so hard for three long years Answering to his beck and call Then one day she packed her bags An walked away from it all She knew her love for him had died She was taking his abuse no more After writing a note saying, "GO TO HELL" She walked for the last time, out the door