There is a voice within me
longing to get out
"if only ... if only ... " it sighs
my life would turnabout

I remember a promise made
I remember a dream
I remember who I used to be
am I now as I seem?

While crawling through the ins and outs 
of the days and years now gone by
I've counted each and every blessing
in a world that made me cry

Wondering what tomorrow will bring
while struggling to make ends meet
Praying that my prayers are answered
before I'm in the street

Always facing an abyss,
facing the unknown
being told that only I can do it
and I must do it alone