Lucy Spraggan - Until I've Lived My Life Lyrics

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