Lyric After All

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