until i've lived my life

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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.