You’ve Got Only One Life
A Poem
he told me he had problems —
and, oh, i couldn’t fathom the depths
of how far he could fall
with no parachute.
he told me there was no crime,
not when he was right as rain with me,
but i saw the signs in his dark eyes
that there was a scheme at work.
and, oh, honey, you’ve got only one life,
so why waste it on him?
and, oh, honey, you’ve got only one life,
so why do you love him so?
he told me there were things
he couldn’t tell anyone else,
and i thought i was special
that he’d spill the beans to me.
he told me there were no worries,
how the money was clean
and how his love was true —
but i shouldn’t have believed a word.
and, oh, darling, you’ve got only one life,
so why are you with him?
and, oh, darling, you’ve got only one life,
so why do you stay by his side?
