Until I've Lived My Life

歌詞

He's my father, a man, He's a husband with stories he tells, Of things that he lived through, And things that he watched die as well, He said I've fought wars and I've had my day, I was forced to be strong, I was taught to be brave and I was, I saw things that weren't meant to be seen, I would have lost it all for my country and queen but I'm here, I took the hand of a mixed race girl, And she showed me to love yeah she showed me the world, Now I'm dying No I can't die, No I can't die, Until I've lived my life. She's a woman a mother a grandma with secrets she kept, And some of those secrets were the only thing she had left, She said I saw women in magazines, I could have known who I could have been yeah that's right. Cast my hands in those concrete slabs I just wanted to sing I just wanted to dance every night, And I had visions and I had dreams But they weren't the same as my husband and children I know And I made choices that weren't alright And I lived my life being someone's wife don't I know, But I can't die, No I can't die, I hope there are smiles in the crowd, When I'm lowered into the ground, And the earth, takes me back, And they'll say I did all I can, And I'll sleep with no dreams in my mind, Cause my dreams were so very alive, But this time, No I can't die, Until I've lived my life.