she threw away her vile past   to find along a better path   she went to The Gap to buy a new dress   and dyed her hair a jet black color   she moved downtown looking for work   met Leroy, a real bad lot   she'd given up school when she was fourteen   and took a dirty job on a corner of St-Catherine   whenever life is strange   it's always time to change   then she realized she can look at herself again   she sees mom and dad no more   she always thinks of them   one day, she hopes, her parents may forgive   'cause she slammed the door back in '94   whenever life is strange   it's always time to change