"Natalie" lyrics

Forty days and it's half past dawn
But she's lying awake wondering who's been wrong
She takes a glimpse of his face
She knows why he's been gone
When she came into work about a quarter past nine
Face blazing with fear and not a tear in her eye
Thoughts racing through her head like a bird soaring through the sky
She's a single working mother giving all that she's got
She puts the food on the table and then she calls her shots
She gives the kids what they want
And that's love and that's all they need
And if she falls, she'll crawl right back on her feet

Natalie sleeps alone tonight
Constantly searching for the light
When she walks in circles
And paints on her makeup in shame
Oh Natalie, Oh Natalie

Daddy ran away a long time ago
He left a wife and two kids
He's got nothing to show
Just a bitter heart, leaving no one else to blame
The boys go to school and they get in a fight
Their mama teaches them a lesson in what's wrong or right
'Cause their daddy never stayed around to see his kids at play
Twenty years later and the kids are grown
They keep in touch with their mom
But they live on their own
She remembers the days when she could hold them in her arms
And if she falls, she'll crawl right back on her feet

Natalie sleeps alone tonight
Constantly searching for the light
When she walks in circles
And paints on her makeup in shame
Oh Natalie, oh Natalie, yeah yeah yeah, woah
Natalie sleeps alone tonight
Constantly searching for the light
When she walks in circles
And paints on her makeup in shame
Woah-oh Natalie, she sleeps alone tonight
Constantly searching for the light
When she walks in circles
And paints on her makeup in shame
Woah-oh Natalie, woah-oh Natalie, yeah yeah
Natalie, woah, woah-oh Natalie
Natalie, yeah yeah, yeah yeah, Natalie
Natalie, yeah, woah-oh Natalie
Natalie, Natalie, woah-oh Natalie, Natalie
Oh Natalie, Natalie, Natalie, Natalie, Natalie