At night the heavens open and the stars unfold And each time a bed time story is told, There’s a good side and a bad and a happy after all The boy falls asleep and it’s not too clear to him at all
He becomes a cowboy on his horse With a trail of broken laws And heads to the highway Every time the highway calls Says he’ll finish what he started Next time he’s passin’ through There’s a woman in each town with a child The cowboy never knew Still he comes to you
Says the moral of the story is it all remains the same As a fool and a master, I’m the ace at every game Just listen to me girl. I know the tales I tell are tall, But I could be your cowboy and make you happy ever after, After all
Now there’s a little girl who dreams of a prince on his white horse And never quite expects for him to come for her of course. But it’s nice to imagine all the flowers he might bring Than staring at the bruises from a man who never brought her anything No not a god damned thing
So, she becomes a woman who never loved a man. The only man she knew gave her the backside his hand And the scars don’t heal so easy, gettin’ wounded all the time. No sense of self-assuredness, no sense of sanity in her mind. At least not that she can find
So, listen to me girl, it doesn’t matter black or blue If that’s the best he offers, it ain’t good enough for you No I ain’t no prince charming but your backs against the wall And you don’t need that cowboy to make you happy ever after, After all
At night the heavens open and the stars unfold And each time a bed time story is told, There are some who understand it And some go on confused, Some go on abusing And the rest end up abused, Convinced there ain’t no happy ever after, After all After all After all After all After all