I'm up each day

At the crack of dawn

Primed for the first inspection

He's runnin the home and the family

Like a military installation

(This can't be right)

(I feel so helpless)

I can't do this and I can't do that

I dare not make a move

Without his orders

No matter how well I do what I do

It's never good enough, (not for him)

[Chorus]

Helpless,

I feel so helpless

Helpless,

(I) don't like to be so helpless

I don't wish to feel in my own home

Some kind of prisoner

There must be a way to put a stop

To his violent behavior

[Repeat Chorus]

Somehow somethings' changed around the house

It suddenly seems so calm

Now what are we supposed to do

With all of this new found freedom

[Repeat Chorus]