Howdy Anthony,

Thanks so much for your kind comments on this one. As I mentioned in my response to Stan (above) most folks who are involved in abusive relationships go through a whole sequence of them, often resulting in a lifetime pattern of dysfunction. IF by any remote possibility this gets picked up and put to music for this benefit..I suspect that the audience there (for whom it is intended) will be well aware of this and will understand more than folks for whom this concept is (thankfully) a foreign one. I am definitely leaving this as two men for the reasons stated. I highly doubt if most listeners would have any preconceived idea that this would be only about one man.

However, I am gonna rethink that crystal clear blue eyes line. Might hafta take that one word out, although it meters correctly to my ear the way it is...it can also be sung with different phrasing and will also meter right without it. The phrase, "hardened her heart" would be similar to taking a loving puppy who is happy-go-lucky and kicking it everytime it tried to lick your hand. Eventually, it would likely either turn mean and vicious or simply never try to be loving again.

Thanks for taking time to comment on this one. I hope the final version will be worthy of the music...and might mean something to someone's life who has experienced abuse.

Bobbie

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