Saint Joseph

SAINT JOSEPH words and music by Karyn Oliver

Hide my head under blankets
Hope she leaves me here
How did the last breath of summer
Disappear again?

She tears my safety from me
Hands me my uniform
Another tear-filled hour
Praying my hair conforms

St. Joseph never would have built this place
St. Joseph

Dangers lurk in the cloakroom
Lessons in cruelty
No books there, no teachers
Only slap and sting

Monkeys rage I’m thrown in the cage
No one’s allowed to see
They take the blows collected at home
Pour them out on me