I see her as a little girl hiding in her room   She takes another bath and she sprays her momma's perfume   To try to wipe away the scent he left behind   But it haunts her mind.      You see she's his little rag, nothing more than just a waif   And he's mopping up his need, she is tired and afraid   Maybe she'll find a way through these awful years to disappear.      Ask me if I think there's a God up in the heaven   Where did He go in the middle of her shame?   Ask me if I think there's a God up in the heavens   I see no mercy and no one down here's naming names   Nobody's naming names.      Now she's looking in the mirror at a lovely woman face   No more frightened little girl, like she's gone without a trace   Still she leaves the light burning in the hall   It's hard to sleep at all.      Still she crawls up in her bed acting quiet as a mouse   Deep inside she's listening for a creaking in the house   But noone's left to harm her, she's finally safe and sound   There's a peace she's found.      Ask her how she knows there's a God up in the heaven   Where did He go in the middle of her shame?   Ask her how she knows there's a God up in the heavens   She said His mercy is bringing her life again.      Ask me how I know there's a God up in the heaven   (How do you know?)   Where did He go in the middle of her shame   (Where did He go?)   Ask me how I know there's a God up in the heavens   (How do you know?)   She said his mercy is bringing her life again   She's coming to life again.      He's in the middle of her pain   In the middle of her shame   Mercy brings life   He's in the middle   Mercy in the middle.      So ask me how I know   Ask me how I know, yeah   Ask me how I know there's a God up in the heaven   (How do you know?)   Ask me how I know there's a God up in the heavens   (How do you know?)   Yeah, ask me how I know   (How do you know?)   Ask me   Ask me   Ask me how I know   (How do you know?)   There's a God up in the heavens   Ask me how I know there's a God up in the heavens.