Until I've Lived My Life-Lucy Spraggan

[00:04.05] [00:05.78]He's my husband a man, [00:07.38]He's a father with stories he tells, [00:10.46]Of things that he lived through, [00:13.91]And things that he watched die as well, [00:16.70]He said I've fought wars and I've had my day, [00:21.67]I was forced to be strong, [00:23.21]I was taught to be brave and I was, [00:25.67]I saw things that weren't meant to be seen, [00:31.26]I would have lost it all for my country and queen but I'm here, [00:35.64]I took the hand of a mixed race girl, [00:40.78]And she showed me to love yeah she showed me the world, [00:43.81]Now I'm dying [00:46.05] [00:49.42]No I can't die, [00:53.16]No I can't die, [00:58.57]Until I've lived my life. [01:02.53] [01:06.62]She's a woman a mother a grandma with secrets she kept, [01:11.04]And some of those secrets were the only thing she had left, [01:17.34]She said I saw women in magazines, [01:22.48]I could have known who I could have been yeah that's right. [01:27.32]Cast my hands in those concrete slabs [01:31.98]I just wanted to sing I just wanted to dance every night, [01:36.46]And I had visions and I had dreams [01:41.72]But they weren't the same as my husband and children I hold [01:46.02]And I made choices that weren't alright [01:51.34]And I lived my life being someone's wife don't I know, [01:55.32] [02:00.93]But I can't die, [02:03.80]No I can't die, [02:09.02]I hope there are smiles in the crowd, [02:15.67]When I'm lowered into the ground, [02:18.28]And the earth, takes me back, [02:21.68]And they'll say I did all I can, [02:24.59]And I'll sleep with no dreams in my mind, [02:27.72]Cause my dreams were so very alive, [02:30.95]But this time, [02:32.54]No I can't die, [02:35.72]Until I've lived my life. [02:39.89]