Damaged goods, that’s what I am
Since I was born
It’s all I ever heard
You’re no good not even worth the time
Yet one voice in the darkness
Said it wasn’t so
Boy are you crazy
You’re not meant to dream
Only thing you’ll ever reach
Is the bottom of a whiskey bottle
But from a distant place I heard
I gave you wings to fly
No childhood for me
No tender arms to hold and ease my agony
Just cold dark emptiness feeding my soul
Stone cold, and hard was what I become
Before I turned to a man
I’ve had my share of life’s miseries
Yet in the stillness of the night
I heard don’t give up the fight
You’re unworthy to be with us
As they throw me out into the night
Forsaken and totally alone
That distance voice cried
I won’t give up on you
Just continue on
When in despair I sought the low places of this domain
Hoping to find just a little comfort there
But no love came near
Yes I gave in to all my earthly obsessions
Yet no freedom did I embrace
Still from the darkness down deep with in
I heard love is here
Most of my life I brought those lines
Of being damage goods
I settled for less or nothing at all
Yet you refused to let me fall
Damage goods is what I truly believed
No special one for you
So sell yourself short and
Settle for yesterday’s news
Be grateful that any one would want you
Cause your damaged goods
Over and over that played in my mind
Till I no longer heard, I gave you wings to fly
For many years I lived in hell
Feeling all those tortured lonely years
Then from out of the void I heard it once more
I love you just as you are
With all your faults and scares
You’re beautiful to me
And you always were
I believed in you I always will
Just when I felt I would die
When all hope was almost gone
That beautiful sweet voice
Spoke comfort to my vexed soul
And the phoenix was reborn
Damage goods was what I believed
But I’m also a child of the king
Rags may had adorn my youth
But now I wear a kings crown
He gave me wings so I could fly
Now I soar above the clouds
No more lies do I believe
For I’m a child of the king
So now I dream new dreams
I’ve dared to love
And risk everything
All because I heard that voice
Saying to my broken soul
I never doubted you at all
I never turned my back
For I would never let you go
Right from the start
I never gave up on you
All you needed to do
Was simply just believe
I love you just as you are
Precious, joyous and free

(1999)