Krissy's got a real big crush He stands real tall and acts real tough Ain't nothing real about high school love Till baby came too soon 'Cause she didn't plan on marrying at nineteen But she don't know what to do Her mama told her: Listen, dear You don't got any options here So sleep in that dirt bed that you have made So she shut her mouth and turned around 'Cause she don't even know what she could say Well back home Krissy's man is drunk And he gets real mean when he's fucked up But what would she give up to save a child? That house is getting cold And only living Krissy knows is just survival Till one day he came home again And wrapped his hands around her neck So late at night she up and left And took baby along with her And now she's got to learn to live again While they're all calling her a quitter This life is just a drunken dream And liquor flows like kerosene It lights you up and slowly burns you out Some people live for someone else And don't know how to cry for help And they're waking up all but broken down But they would never say that shit out loud One day her own angel came And took 'em both under his wings Taught 'em both what love is supposed to be It was rolling fields of gold and yellow roses For as far as she could see And they both made a brand new boy Who grew up fast and found his voice And when he left his mama, she stayed silent But her head was getting loud And she never thought the house would be this quiet Well this life is just a drunken dream And liquor flows like kerosene It lights you up and slowly burns you out Some people live for someone else And don't know how to cry for help And they're waking up all but broken down But they would never say that shit out loud Well Krissy got a call again And learned her high school crush was dead He'd gone and wrapped his car around a tree And as much as she'd like to forget It hurt real bad, that boy was family Now Krissy's kids are all grown up They stand real tall and act real tough While she's at home still dreaming of What she's gonna be when she grows up It's her she's got to learn to love A mother's all she ever was It's her she's got to learn to love A mother's all she ever was