CHOICE

IF I HAD A CHOICE TO LIVE OR DIE
THEN I THINK I WOULD CHOOSE TO DIE
THIS WORLD IS NO PLACE FOR ME
FILLED WITH ALL ITS HATE AND MISERY

SINCE THE LORD TOOK MY WIFE FROM ME
MY EYES THEY WEEP SO CONSTANTLY
CONFUSION, TURMOIL, TORMENTS MY BRAIN
AM I SLOWLY GOING INSANE

THE GAUNTLET IT HAS BEEN CAST DOWN
DO I PICK IT UP AND STAND MY GROUND
OR IN THE DEPTH OF TOTAL DISARRAY
CLOSE MY EYES TURN AND WALK AWAY

MY DAUGHTER HAS HER LIFE TO LEAD
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN FOR FILL HER NEED
ON THEM DO I INFLICT MY GRIEF AND PAIN
CRUEL THOUGHTS INVADE MY MIND AGAIN

MANY CHOICES ARE LEFT OPEN TO ME
WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE IS PROVING ME AGONY
ONLY SOMEONE WHO LOST A LOVED ONE DEAR
CAN HELP ME OVER COME MY FEAR

HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD I MUST TAKE
MEMORIES OF MY WIFE I NEVER WILL FORSAKE
SO IN MY HEART I WILL BE STRONG
AND FACE EACH DAY HAS IT COMES ALONG

RELIEF TO KNOW MY MIND HAS MADE ITS CHOICE
MY HEART HAS LISTENED TO MY INNER VOICE
DEVOTED TO MY FAMILY WHO LOVE ME
TILL I SHALL JOIN MY WIFE IN ETERNITY

In loving memory to my wife Ann