As I cruise through town in my old black and white 
  I think about victims from a domestic fight 
  The kicking, the biting, the pounding, they say 
  But the memory's erased come the big court day. 

  He loves me she says, as she started to cry 
  I know he didn't mean it, when he blackened my eye 
  It's all my fault, I deserve it, I do 
  Don't look at my back, for it's all black and blue. 

  Tomorrow we will wake, and sober he'll be 
  And the love that we share will flow soft and free 
  For our children we'll make it, never falling apart 
  The love that we share, it comes from the heart. 

  If it happens again I will leave him you'll see 

  But again came and went, now look at me 
  First crutches then stitches, a cast here and there 
  Now please don't arrest him, for that's truly unfair. 

  Then suddenly it happens, the fight if you will 
  He's punching and stabbing, for him it's a thrill 
  The warmth that I'm feeling, what is it I ask 
  Don't talk they tell me, just breathe through this mask. 

  When finally I realize, It's my legs I can't feel 
  At the hospital he gives me that "I love you spiel" 
  The doctor now sighs with a grim look in his eye 
  Don't take me my Lord, for I'm too young to die. 

  If this sounds too familiar, and really hits home 
  Come forward I ask, for you're not alone. 

  Deputy Mike Coon