Until I've Lived My Life-Lucy Spraggan

[ti:Until I've Lived My Life] [ar:Lucy Spraggan] [al:We Are] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Until I've Lived My Life - Lucy Spraggan [00:05.97]He's a father a man he's my husband [00:08.57]With stories he tells [00:10.79] [00:12.64]Of things that he lived through [00:14.26]And things that he watched die as well [00:16.58] [00:18.66]He said I've fought wars and I've had my day [00:21.89]I was forced to be strong [00:23.44]I was taught to be brave and I was [00:25.75] [00:28.56]I saw things that weren't meant to be seen [00:31.49]I would have lost it all for my country and queen [00:34.54]But I'm here [00:35.73] [00:38.35]I took the hand of a mixed race girl [00:41.09]And she showed me to love yeah she showed me the world [00:44.13]Now I'm dying [00:44.96] [00:50.37]No I can't die [00:53.11] [00:55.63]No I can't die [00:58.35] [00:59.00]Until I've lived my life [01:01.80] [01:06.67]She's a mother a woman a grandma with secrets she kept [01:10.84] [01:13.41]And some of those secrets were the only thing she had left [01:17.77] [01:19.45]She said I saw women in magazines [01:22.67] [01:23.29]I could have known who I could have been yeah that's right [01:26.91] [01:29.55]Cast my hands in those concrete slabs [01:32.25]I just wanted to sing I just wanted to dance every night [01:36.47] [01:39.34]And I had visions and I had dreams [01:41.84]But they weren't the same as my husband and children I know [01:46.07] [01:48.85]And I made choices that weren't alright [01:51.36]And I lived my life being someone's wife don't I know [01:55.79] [02:01.34]No I can't die [02:04.22] [02:05.88]No I can't die [02:08.77] [02:11.05]I hope there are smiles in the crowd [02:15.87]When I'm lowered into the ground [02:18.79]And the earth takes me back [02:22.02]And they'll say I did all I can [02:25.34]And I'll sleep with no dreams in my mind [02:28.53]Cause my dreams were so very alive [02:31.13] [02:31.64]But this time [02:33.09]No I can't die [02:36.00] [02:36.52]Until I've lived my life [02:39.12] [02:44.30]No I can't die [02:48.23] [02:49.16]No I can't die [02:52.33] [02:54.22]Until I've lived my life