I understand where you’re
coming from
Just show me the dotted
line and
I’ll be ready to sign
I promise I’ll make no
demands
For alimony or child
support
My life’s worth more than
you could ever pay
The gun trained on my face
I heard the click
And saw him pull the
trigger back
Imagine the surprise on his
face when we
Still stood eye to
eye
the bullet jammed in the
chamber
My life handed to me on a
silver
platter that day, I
understand now
But for the mercy of
God
I’d be dead not only broke
Lucky not to succumb to a
bullet that day
I said, “Show me that
dotted line
I know when it’s time to
sign and give in
Because I’ll never get
nothing from you
except a hard way to go
You never liked sharing
anyway
so I’m glad to let you know
I’m glad to see you go
I want you to know
I’m glad you know
I don’t need you to have my
own
I had my own before you
were born
no - please don’t
interrupt," I said
holding up my open palm,
"You misunderstand.
I said it's ok. Go with
your government job
and all your big benefits.
It’s ok if you refuse to
share.
I swear I don’t care.
I’ll sign it all away to
you
as long as you let me go my
own way.
I'll sign that dotted
line,
I swear I will!
I’m not giving in to death
yet –
it’s premature to date.
Please don’t make me
leave my son motherless
Hand me a pen
I’m willing ready and able
to bend
I’ll sign on that dotted
line
I absolve you from all your
future debts to me
Please let me go by the
grace of God
Thank God I’m not
dead
Here I go, I got a pen in
my hand
I’m ready to sign on that
dotted line.”
The surprise registered in
your lifted brows
as you pulled the trigger
and stared me dead in the
eye
no remorse for what you
planned to do
"An eye for an eye," you
quoted,
"So bang you’re dead, gone in
the wink
of an eye," and you winked at
me.
We thought it was for one
last time.
Certainly for me I thought
this is the last wink I’ll ever see.
Pulled the trigger in the
blink of an eye
A gleeful smile on your “no
mercy for the bitch face”
A New York City minute
changes life
when you saw no bullet had
emerged from the chamber
no bullet came clambering
through
no bullet went through me
and
by the mercy of God I still
stand here before thee
So let me be me and I’ll
allow you to be free of me
Free from all my demands
you could no longer stand
that made you be so cruel
to me
Now I’m ready to sign on
the dotted line as long as you’ll let me be
Yes I’m ready to sing
there’s a song in my heart
Glory Hallelujah I'm so
glad I survived
I'm so blessed to be alive
money ain’t mean nothing to
me I’ll give it all up to stay alive
I got a song in my heart so
glad to be alive
