Mirror Image (Only A Baby)

Verse 1:
See the little girl in the miniskirt
Makeup on her face and a satin shirt
Standing on the corner watching the cars
Watching the men come out of the bars

Every day and night she’s there
Doesn’t seem to have a home
Looking brave but feeling scared
But why is she all alone?
She’s only a baby, yeah

Verse 2:
She looks so young but oh so old
Standing there shivering in the cold
Looking to find a home for the night
Hoping someone will find her just right

Forced herself to grow up fast
’Cause the living there ain’t good
Giving the only thing she has
And robbed of a childhood
Yet she’s still a baby, yeah

CHORUS:
And the mirror image that she looks and sees
May tell her she’s a grownup lady
Looking, talking and acting the part
But her eyes are the eyes of a baby
She lost her innocence, life is wild
That ain’t no life for a child
And the mirror image that she looks and sees
Is only a big illusion

Verse 3:
Like other girls she hoped and dreamed
But the ways of the world split them at the seams
Now her life’s a real damn shame
And living’s become a terrible pain

Maybe she was never loved
Didn’t have a happy home
So she ran and took a plunge
Now she finds herself alone
And only a baby, yeah

Verse 4:
Put away her toys upon a shelf
’Cause the little girl’s gone to sell herself
It ain’t like her and that she knows
But it keeps her warm when the cold wind blows

Became a woman overnight
She knew what she had to do
Only just to stay alive
But she’s scared and lonely too
’Cause she’s only a baby, yeah

(Repeat CHORUS, Break)

Verse 5:
See the little girl in the tattered skirt
Tears in her eyes and the stamp of hurt
She gave up on life ’cause she just couldn’t win
Couldn’t stand the pain she was in

Where did that little girl go
Whose life was such a shame
Doesn’t anybody know?
Does anyone give a damn
She was only a baby
Only a baby
Only a baby, yeah
She was only a baby
Only a baby
She was only a baby…