I Took the Charge

Intro I signed where his name should have been

Verse 1 The DA put a paper on the table, said sign here Said honey, take the lesser, save yourself the years The car was his, the gun was his, the running was us two But a woman's worth a guilty plea, so that's what I would do He kissed me through the visiting glass the first three weeks Then the letters got to monthly, then the man just couldn't speak I learned to fold a bedsheet square, I learned to watch the door I learned which kind of quiet means a fist is on the floor

Pre-Chorus Count the days Count the doors Count the men Who don't do yours

Chorus I took the charge Did the time for a coward's car He walked free and he walked off I walked out twice as hard

Verse 2 Got out on a Tuesday to a parking lot of none He'd moved in with my cousin and he'd traded up the gun I didn't burn his truck, I didn't make a scene I just stopped being the woman that a man could hide behind clean Now I co-sign nothing, now I take no coward's name Now the only weight I carry is the kind that I can claim They thought a year of concrete would come out of me soft It came out like a hinge that finally lifted off

Pre-Chorus Count the days Count the doors Count the men Who don't do yours

Chorus I took the charge Did the time for a coward's car He walked free and he walked off I walked out twice as hard

Bridge There's a whole wing full of women Doing time a man should serve We sew the flags, we mop the halls We take the fall we don't deserve I took the charge Did the time for a coward's car He walked free and he walked off I walked out twice as hard I walked out twice as hard

Outro I walked out twice as hard

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