Tim Minchin, Oona Laurence , Ben Thompson - I'm Here (Story 4) lyrics

At night, the escapologist's daughter
Cried herself to sleep, alone in her room
She never said a single word
About the evil aunt's bullying, as
She didn't want to cause a fuss
And so she suffered in silence
This only encouraged the woman to
Greater cruelties, until one day
She exploded!

"You are a useless! Filthy!
Nasty little creep!"

And she beat her, threw her into a
Dank, dark, dusty cellar, locked the door
And went out

But that day
The escapologist happened to come home early
And when he heard the
Sound of his daughter's tears he
Smashed the door open!

Don't cry i am here, little girl
Please don't cry dry your eyes
Wipe away your tears, little girl

Forgive me i didn't mean to desert you
Don't cry, little girl nothing can hurt you
You've nothing to fear i'm here

"Have I been so wrapped up in
My grief for my wife that
I have forgotten the one thing that
Matters to us most? I love you so much
My daughter i shall spend the rest of
My life making it up to
You we shall be together, forever"

Don't cry, daddy i'm all right, daddy
Please don't cry
Here, let me wipe away your tears

Forgive me

Daddy, forgive me

I didn't mean to desert you

I didn't want to upset you
Please, daddy, don't cry

Don't cry, little girl

I'll be all right

Nothing can hurt you

With you by my side i have –

– nothing to fear

But when the little girl fell asleep, the
Escapologist's thoughts turned to
The acrobat's sister
And an almighty rage grew
Inside his great heart

"This demon! This villain! This monster! She
Has sullied the memory of
My wife she has betrayed the trust of her own
Sister she has shown cruelty to
The most precious reality of
My marriage bullying children is her
Game, is it? Well
Let us see what this creature
Thinks she can do when
The wrath of a grown man stands before her!"

But that was the last the
Little girl ever saw of
Her father because he never
Came home ever again