I'm up each day

At the crack of dawn

Primed for the first inspection

He's running the home and the family

Like a military installation

(This can't be right)

(I feel so helpless)

I can't do this and I can't do that

I dare not make a move

Without his orders

No matter how well I do what I do

It's never good enough,

(not for him)

Helpless I feel so helpless

Helpless I don't like to be so helpless

I don't wish to feel in my own home

Some kind of prisoner

There must be a way to put a stop

To his violent behavior

Helpless I feel so helpless

Helpless I don't like to be so helpless

Somehow something's changed around the house

It suddenly seems so calm

How what are we supposed to do

With all of this new found freedom

Helpless I feel so helpless

Helpless I don't like to be so helpless