I know he beat on her with his belt And all her life she cried inside She never had the words to say how she felt And how she kept it out of sight For the men who never gave a damn Her husband, her father And their goddamn pride He left her with three kids in a foreign land One of them was a rape child She never had the words to say how she felt And all her life she cried inside Coz of the man who broke her heart The father of her children A cheater and a liar I know he beat on her with his belt I know what that one did in that bed And all my life I know I'll try To make it right And all their lives they cried inside And some of them tears Keep flowin' in my veins And all my life I know I'll try To dry them and maybe one day Be the first of us to smile inside I know he beat on her with his belt