I guess you could say, "I was the apple of his eye"
With a brother, nine years older than me
It seemed like the perfect family, but it wasn't meant to be.
I don't remember much about my childhood days
Except when I was eight and my daddy moved away.
My brother married young, he was only seventeen
Now there we were, just my Mama and me.
She worked very hard to provide us with our needs
Even though her body was crippled with a disease.
She taught me about life, to know right from wrong
Most of all, she proved for us to live, we have to be strong.
I finished school and married my high school sweetheart
Vowed to him, no matter what, we would never part.
We had two beautiful children, they're so precious to me
It seemed like the perfect family, but it wasn't meant to be.
As the years passed by my heart wasn't the same
I yearned for something more, a different kind of game.
I left my home, my family and my life
and decided I no longer wanted to be a wife.
I hurt a lot of people when I chose to break that vow
Can't look back, I can't change any of that now.
I must move on and look for a brighter day
Somewhere, somehow, I know I'll find a way.
Many of the roads I chose to travel were wrong
Like Mama said, "Keep your head up, you must be strong"
Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by
Some days all I can do is sit and cry.
I've learned from life"To thine own self be true"
Because some days it seems there "Is only you"
We must live with ourselves and the deeds we have done
And hope when it's over, we can say "The Game We've Won"
Copyright 2-7-99 JP
