Tearaway

[Verse 1]
When I was a little girl
My mama said to me
"Why can't you be more content
Like a little girl should be?"

When I reached my teens
I started breaking every rule
I was hopeless in the house
And just impossible at school

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Wherever I might be
They had a name for me...

[Chorus 1]
Tearaway
I was as restless a child without a game to play
I lived as if there wasn't any price to pay
Oh, yesterday I was a tearaway

"She's no good!"
"She's just a vandal and a scandal in thе neighborhood!"
But me, I reckon I was just misundеrstood
Oh, yesterday I was a tearaway

[Verse 2]
There was no one that I knew
To make me feel at ease
And my mixed-up young emotions
Were the devil's job to please

Then you came into my life
And truly cared for me
You suceeded where so many men
Had all despaired of me

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Now love has made me tame
I need another name...

[Chorus 2]
Tearaway
I was as restless a child without a game to play
But in your arms, I'm so at home I dare to say
The tearaway is coming home to stay

Gone for good
Now all my angry moments flied one day, I knew they would
I feel at peace beside you, like I knew I could
But yesterday I was a tearaway

[Chorus 1 - Repeat]
Tearaway
I was as restless a child without a game to play
I lived as if there wasn't any price to pay
Oh, yesterday I was a tearaway

[Outro]
A tearaway
Tearaway