Lyrics

[Verse 1] 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" [Hook] But I can't die No I can't die Until I've lived my life [Verse 2] 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?" [Hook] But I can't die No I can't die [Bridge] 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 [Hook] 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