Journal

thats it, im out of here (again)

blame it on the diatetics. 

When Annie was very young

Age two or three or so

Her and her father

Taught her never to say NO.

They taught her that she must agree

With everything they said

And if she didn't, she was spanked

And sent upstairs to bed.

So Annie grew up to be

A most agreeable child.

She was never angry

And she was never wild.

She always shared, she always cared.

She never picked a fight.

And no matter what her parents said

She thought that they were right.

Annie the angel did very well at school.

And as you can imagine she followed every rule.

Her teachers said she was so well-bred.

So quiet and so good.

But how Annie felt inside

They never understood.

Annie had lots of friends

Who liked her for her smile.

They knew she was the kind of girl

Who'd go the extra mile.

And even when she had a cold

And really needed rest.

When someone asked her if she'd help

She always answered YES.

When Annie was thirty-three, she was a lawyers wife.

She had a home and family, a nice suburban life.

She had a little girl of four

And a little boy of nine.

And if someone asked her how she felt

She always answered "fine". 

But one cold night near christmastime

When her family was in bed.

She lay awake as awful thoughts went spinning through her head.

She didn't know why, and she didn't know how

But she wanted her life to end.

So she begged whoever put her here

To take her back again.

And then she heard from deep inside

A voice that was soft and low

It only said a single word

And the word it said was .... NO.

From that moment on, Annie knew

Exactly what she had to do.

Her life depended on that word,

So this is what her loved ones heard.

NO, I just don't want to

NO, I don't agree

NO, thats yours to handle

NO, thats wrong for me.

NO, I wanted something else

NO, that hurt alot

NO, I'm tired, and NO I'm busy

and NO, I'd rather not.

Well her family found it shocking

Her friends reacted with surprise

But Annie was different you could see it in her eyes.

For they've held no meek submission

Since that night so long ago.

When Annie the Angel 

Got permission to say NO.

Today Annie's a person first, then a mother and a wife

She knows where she begins and ends,

She has a separate life

She has talents, and ambitions

She has feelings, needs and goals 

She has money in the bank

and an opinion at the polls 

And to her boy and girl she says

"Its nice when you agree

But if you can't say NO, you'll never grow

To be all your meant to be.

Because I know I'm sometimes wrong

And because I love you so.

You'll always be my angels

Even when you tell me NO.