Toutes les nuits

I see her every day at her window
She greets me with a nod of her head
Then she goes back to her little life

She has flowers, kids, and a cat
All from a dad who's not around anymore
She does what she can, with what she's got

I see her looking down to get through the winter
Her arms heavy with her little struggles
Another loneliness among the lonely

She's tired of rowing year after year
Mouths to feed with just kisses
But all the love in the world won't put food on the table

She wonders why the world is so big
She wonders why hers is so small
She wonders why, why she cries
Every night

She's known princes who weren't charming
Who rode off on their white horses
Who got scared of her dreams and her kids

She could use someone good
She's a princess who asks for nothing
Just a little tenderness that she needs

She wonders why the world is so big
She wonders why hers is so small
She wonders why, why she cries
Every night

She wonders why the world is so big
She wonders why hers is so small
She wonders why the world is so big
She wonders why she's alone in her bed
She wonders why, why she cries
Every night

When you have nothing to lose and you're feeling down
When your share of shit and your daily bread
When you believe in neither God nor fate

Rumor has it she's waiting for the rain
To go buy herself a new dress
To go sleep in the river's water