Massachusetts

She's cutting out the bruises

Forgetting her excuses for being here again

With a suitcase packed and waiting by the door

In her head

Convinced herself she hasn't lost

Enough to quit

But tonight she lays here thinking

What if I just left

In the middle of the night

Back to California

And never look back

She'll fantasize about it

Every single day but she can't find it

In her heart to run away

And no one's listening

With Northern Massachusetts

On his knees to stay

He's begging

"Please, oh baby please, I can explain

It won't happen again"

He's putting out the fires

And he's making her believe

He's really changed

This time

But it's obvious it's just another line

Lapse and relapse

And again she lays behind him thinking:

I'll pretend in the middle of the night

My eyes are closed I'm sleeping

But I won't come back

She'll fantasize about it

Every single day but she can't find it

In her heart to run away

And no one's listening

With Northern Massachusetts

On his knees to stay

He's begging

"Please, oh baby please, I can explain

It won't happen again

It won't happen again"

How long can this last?

The final straw was the hospital

At least she told herself that

But she just can't find the strength to end it!

I just left

In the middle of the night

Back to California

I'll never look back

She'll fantasize about it

Every single day but she can't find it

In her heart to run away (To run away)

And no one's listening

With Northern Massachusetts

On his knees to stay

He's begging

"Please, oh baby please, I can explain

It won't happen again

It won't happen again!"