It took a toll on mama Oh, the things she wrote Nothing quite like dying Real, real slow Our stairs were dark dark green I used to cry there a lot While the man of her dreams Was up the stairs half gone Those were the days when heaven crashed down Hell showed up I was just thirteen Clinging to the middle ground He was all we had He was all I'd lost The morning heaven crashed down I grew up It took a toll on me Oh, the things I'd pray Angrys not the word No, no It was more like rage I hated everything but time Especially those dark green stairs They'd be the last stairs he'd ever climb And the first stairs he'd ever come down dead Those were the days when heaven crashed down Hell showed up I was just thirteen Clinging to the middle ground He was all we had He was all I'd lost The morning heaven crashed down I grew up I was just a little girl Without a care in the world Except you lying there Oh, I hated you lying there Heaven crashed down Hell showed up I was just thirteen Clinging to the middle ground He was all we had He was all I'd lost The morning heaven crashed down I grew up