Of the life that I have lived
And of how I lived for others
And gave all that I could give.
I think of my wife and family
A blessing, from God above
And though they deserved so much more
All I had to give them was my love.
I think of the ones I called my friends
And of how I was always there
When their burdens of life grew heavy
And they needed someone who cared.
With a heart filled with compassion
In their sad times I brought them smiles
There to catch them when they stumbled
On life's road of weary miles.
Now I sit here in this prison
Put here by so-called friends
My eyes filled with tears from heartache
To which there seems to be no end.
For my wife and family are gone now
And there's no friends that seem to care
Nor do any of them remember
How, when needed, I was there.
For when my world came crashing down
And my road of life got rough
No one really cared for me
Like what I gave was not enough.
So now I'm here and all alone
And its for them I shed these tears
For I know now that all my giving
Was just a lifetime of wasted years.