Twas the night before Court
And all through the house
The tension was heavy, my tears stained by blouse

My mother was angry, my father upset
They both had no idea, just how ugly this’d get.

They both were fighting for what they said was right
Do they have any idea who’s really losing this fight?

Me and my brother were stuck in our room
Hoping beyond hope this would all end soon.

We both had grown numb from the fight of our parents
That we cried and we hid from the next of the torrents
“If we are both good, then maybe they’ll stop”
We said to each other, to our Mom and our Pop

But the fighting continued and never did end
And all along we needed a friend
So we did what we had to just to get by
And sometimes we even hoped that we’d all die

What we can’t seem to get them to understand
Through all of this bitterness, and taking of stands
We really want them to just get along
And let us put an end to this song.

We once were a family, happy and glad
Now we are broken, battered and sad
To live normal lives is all that we ask
Does it matter who’s right, if there’s no sun in which to bask?