Brenda’s got a boyfriend
And his name is Carl,
They met at the club night
As they waited at the bar.
They chatted as they waited
Asked each other where they lived,
They talked about their friends
And about all the things they did.
They moved on to the dance floor
And danced together all that night,
Brenda was so happy
And everything felt right.
Now they’ve been going out all summer
To the cinema and the pub,
For lunches at the café
And days out on the bus.
Each night when Brenda goes to sleep
Carl is in her dreams
And they are getting married
These dreams always seem so real.
Brenda tells her housemate, Amy,
One day she’ll be engaged
Because Carl really loves her,
And Brenda feels the same.
One day Amy went to town,
She went there on a bus
And who do you think she saw there?
It was Carl with someone else.
So, when Amy went home that day
She told Brenda who she’d seen
But Brenda wouldn’t believe her
She said that Amy was being mean.
Brenda tried to phone Carl
Many times that day,
But Carl wasn’t answering
All she heard was his voicemail.
So that evening at the club night
Brenda waited by the bar
And Amy sat beside her
Looking out for Carl.
Suddenly they saw him
But Carl was not alone,
He was with another girl
Something was very wrong.
Carl was holding this girls’ hands
And looking into her eyes,
They didn’t see Brenda standing there
So Carl got a big surprise.
When Brenda started shouting
Everyone turned to stare,
They were all pointing at her
But Brenda didn’t care.
Carl shouted back at Brenda,
“I don’t love you anymore,
I’ve got a new girlfriend now
And I want to be with her”
Brenda started crying,
Carl told her to go away!
But Brenda said “I love you,
Please, just let me stay!”
Then Amy was by her side
She said “leave them alone,
I don’t like to see you crying
We need to go back home”
Brenda didn’t want to go,
She wanted Carl to herself
But Carl didn’t want her
And she didn’t want anyone else.
So now it’s three months later,
Brenda’s been angry and she’s cried,
She thought Carl was forever
And now it’s like he’s died.
Amy has tried to help
And so, have others too,
But Brenda can’t stop thinking of Carl
He’s in her head the whole day through!
So how could you help Brenda
Is there something she should do?
And has something like this happened
To someone you know or to you?
Do you have some good advice?
Can you help Brenda to move on,
So that she can learn to love again
And find that special one?