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Concrete Angel by Martina McBride

She (1)__________ to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows (2)________ she's (3)______________ back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace (oh)

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was (4)__________ born
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place
Where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear but (5)________ turn out the light
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it will be too late
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams (6)________ her wings
And she flies to a place
Where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel (7)________ with an upturned face
A name is written on a (8)________________ rock
A broken heart (9)________ the world forgot
Through the (10)________ and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place
Where she's loved
Concrete Angel

Answers:
(1) walks(2) what(3) holding(4) never(5) they(6) give(7) girl(8) polished(9) that(10) wind