Rebecca Leigh Wilaby - Battered Love lyrics

Sitting in the park on a sunny day I watched the children who came to play How lively are the young girls and boys Pulling little red wagons filled with toys As parents watch with glistening eyes Like contest winners beholding their prize All the children played in the sand Except a little girl with a doll in one hand She shuffled off and played alone Who she was remained unknown She had a bruised face and a broken arm What, I wondered could have done her this harm She didn't look healthy or happy at all She was almost as battered as her ragged doll A doll is supposedly a girls best friend And yet, she hit hers time and again What's wrong with her? I needed to know So, I walked over to her and said hello I didn't ask her if she had taken a fall Instead, I asked her why she beats her doll She hugged her doll who had a bandaged head "Because I love her." I cried when she said