Mysteries of Life-Hank Locklin

So many beautiful stories are told Of love and affection that's purer than gold They meet and they love and he makes her his wife And why it can't last is a mystery of life. I love you my darlin', I've always been true Wherever you go, I'll be thinkin' of you You say you don't want me, you wish to be free If that's what you want, that's the way it will be. I love you too much and not wisely, I know I thought it was right 'cause you said it was so And now for my wrong, dearly I pay the cost The price is so high, if your love I have lost. When Daddy told Mother till death to us part He said it and meant it, right from the heart But now it is different, how people have changed The words of the Bible, they don't mean a thing. God made the ocean, the forest and trees He made the flowers, the birds and the bees And why He permits all these troubles and strife That is just one of the mysteries of life...