Life Story

"Like Ray Charles and Johnny Cash...they knew it would be their last"- Inspired by how both Ray Charles and Johnny Cash died when their life stories were made into films

If I tell you my life story, it can't be the end for me.
If I share all my secrets, will you still wake up next to me?
I can tell you bout my pain and how my daddy is gone.
I can tell you bout these hunger pains and how they just keep comin on
But if I tell you my life story, promise you won't turn away

Many times we ask hard questions but want easy answers
You want black or white, yes or no
But what I feel is grey or maybe so
"Did you love him"…baby yeah, but not like you
"Are you thinking of him"… baby no, he's just not you
I can tell you the truth of the matter, but your heart might truly shatter

I loved before you, and lost at times
I've been beaten and nearly lost my mind
I never told anybody this before
Everyday I'll open my heart and soul
But if I tell you my life story, promise you won't turn away from me.

You keep askin bout what he did
How he made me smile, how he made me grin
You wanna know what he did wrong
You wanna know what broke us up
But if I tell you my life story, it can't be the end for me

I loved before you and lost at times
I've been beaten and nearly lost my mind
I never told anybody this before
Everyday I'll open my heart and soul
But if I tell you my life story, promise you won't turn away from me.