I'm just a girl, she said
She said help me get by, I've been hurt before
I guess she could see I was a little more
Than a regular piece of her game
They go first, she said
But the first to go was the second son, he
Couldn't watch it burn for love and money
While she called him all of her names

Don't you think that's crossing a line?
I'll let it slide again this time

I've been eight years broke
No debts to pay
Spent my love for spending's sake
What are you going to tell her now
That there's nothing left for you to take?
It's been eight long years
'til I opened my eyes
And I shook my jacket clean
I'll step outside myself and I'll be free

You've got to go, they said
She's built a fire with your pots and towels
You might need those when it all goes sour
If you'll forgive us for planning ahead
You can't leave, she said
You're no good for anyone else any more
Take your monkey ass back to your filthy whore
And leave your chequebook by the bed

Don't you think you've crossed a line?
I won't have to let it slide this time
My heart breaks that you'd be surprised
But I think I'll be just fine

And I'm eight years broke
No debts to pay
Spent my love for spending's sake
What are you going to tell her now
That there's nothing left for you to take?
It's been eight long years
'til I opened my eyes
And I shook my jacket clean
I'll step outside myself and I'll be free

I wish I could say this was the end of it all
You know what? Fuck the house, you can keep it all
I found the things that matter waiting for me
She painted me pictures of death and defeat
What, lilies again? That's, wow, no, you keep it
Now I don't care that you won't ever see

I pity the world for years to come
'cause I think I paid for another one

I've been eight years broke
No debts to pay
Spent my love for spending's sake
What are you going to tell her now
That there's nothing left for you to take?
It's been eight long years
'til I opened my eyes
And I shook my jacket clean
I'll step outside myself and I'll be free

I've been eight years broke
No debts to pay
Spent my love for spending's sake
What are you going to tell her now
That there's nothing left for you to take?
It's been eight long years
'til I opened my eyes
I shook my jacket clean
I'll step outside myself and I'll be free
Yeah, I'll be free