Until I've Lived My Life

He's my husband a man,

He's a father 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.