She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday

She hides the bruises with linen and lace, oh

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask

It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born


Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone

In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved

Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night

The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul, caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late


Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone

In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved

Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place

An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot


Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone

In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved

Concrete angel