You make bad choices
too many voices
are sounding in your head

You can't think straight
it's like a bad date
where your demons inside
will make others wish
they had fled

You dress so well
but you're headed to hell
when your fear is aroused
romance doesn't matter

All those years ago
a babe in arms
in a house daddy left

Your mother in tears
far too many years
where smiles were always
doused with tears

You learned how people
got broken
and never fixed

Your perspective warped
and flung betwixt
your need for love
and fear of loss

You learned to block
the places it dwelled
yet cried so many nights
to be held

I love you girl
my only plight
is to save you from fear
but your fear will fight

For I am the one
in which you see love
I'm an angel
and devil
from below
and above

The safety you crave
and the kiss you so miss
are close to your grasp
yet a shadow still clasps

A cold ache in your heart
full of fright
and of hate
for a lover who promised
a burgeoning solace

For trust is a key
you buried long ago
yet marked by a flower
you'd hopefully sown

Find your way back to me
my heart hopes you'll see
we will find peace together
my love is forever

You learned how people
got broken
and never fixed

Your perspective warped
and flung betwixt
your need for love
and fear of loss

You learned to block
the places it dwelled
yet cried so many nights
to be held

Find your way back to me
my heart hopes you'll see
we can find peace together
my love is forever

"Bad Choices" – Lyrics © 2025 G. C. Pate. Music and Sound Recording © 2025 Fox Hazzard. All rights reserved.

Bad Choices

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