Until I've Lived My Life - Lucy Spraggan

He’s a father, a man

He’s a husband with stories he tells

Of days 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»

But I can’t die

No I can’t die

Until I’ve lived my life

She’s a mother, a woman

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

Who 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 at home

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

No, I can’t die

No, I can’t die

Until I’ve lived my life