I'm in dire straits, no lie

I'm in dire straits, no lie

i'm in dire straits, no lie
i've got raided day and night
my loves have been buffeted even further
i'm in a faraway land

good morning mommy, good morning daddy
morning comes again
don't say morning doesn't come at home
don't say days don't pass there
a pain rises in me

taking my heart as a shield i went out to streets
i sat in cafes, i talked with children
i got bored, i got worried, i met my friends
i didn't die today, too, mother

closed were the doors, lowered were the curtains
gun sounds far away and muffled
my one face has turned to separation, my other face, to death
i didn't die today, too, mother

i thought a gun was directed at me
when the wind wrapped around the waist of a branch
i feared, i laughed, i got angry with myself
i didn't die today, too, mother

i don't know why such strange feelings come to me
and where they go
here i'm back, pain leaks form my heart to my brain
i didn't die today, too, mother