there was a girl i used to know she was oh so beautiful but she s not here anymore she had a college degree smart as anyone could be had so much to live for but she fell in love with the wrong kinda of man he abused her love and treated her so bad there was not enough education in her world that could save the life of this little girl how come how long it s not right it s so wrong do we let it just go on turn our backs and carry on wake up it s too late right now we can t wait she won t have a second try open up your hearts as well as your eyes she tried to give a cry for help she even blamed things on herself but no one came to her aid nothing was wrong as far as we could tell that s what we d like to tell ourselves but no it wasn t that way so she fell in love with the wrong kinda of man and she paid with her life for loving that man so we cannot ignore we must look for the signs and maybe next time we might save somebody s life  how come how long it s not right it s so wrong do we let it just go on turn our backs and carry on wake up it s too late right now we can t wait she won t have a second try open up your hearts as well as your eyes oh i on occasion met that guy he stirred a feeling deep inside someth n about him wasn t right oh the way he proves himself a man by beating his woman with his hands i wish that she had seen the light how can someone like this call themselves a man cause in reality he s far more less than and we cannot ignore whenever we see the signs cause any kind of abuse god knows is a crime how come how long it s not right it s so wrong do we let it just go on turn our backs and carry on wake up it s too late right now we can t wait she won t have a second try open up your hearts as well as your eyes 2