Another Year

Verse 1:
One day all the sudden I was stricken with pain
I had it all time, always tried to tolerate it
Coughing up blood and my stomach inflamed
Then there was news, I didn’t know how to take it
They told me that I wouldn’t make it

Bridge:
You’re not supposed to pick out your own funeral clothes
But that’s how it goes
When you know the end of your life
Is sooner than you’d like

Chorus:
I’ll miss their wedding, miss them so much
I’ll miss their graduation and cheers
I’ll miss my grandkids growing up
It’s just the thoughts that ring in your ears
When you’d be lucky to have
Another year

Bridge:
Chemo
Radiation
Decay
Salvation

Verse 2:
It’s getting so bad the tumors keep growing
But I guess sometimes that’s just how it is
I keep it to myself, don’t want everyone knowing
It would tear my family apart, something’s gotta give
But I’ve only got three months to live

Bridge:
You’re not supposed to pick out your own funeral clothes
But that’s how it goes
When you know the end of your life
Is sooner than you’d like

Chorus:
I’ll miss their wedding, miss them so much
I’ll miss their graduation and cheers
I’ll miss my grandkids growing up
It’s just the thoughts that ring in your ears
When you’d be lucky to have
Another year

Verse 3:
I can’t do things that I enjoy
This cancer has left me destroyed
Sometimes the truth can be too hard to handle
My time’s burning out on both ends of the candle
I can’t talk, I can’t eat
I can’t live, I can’t sleep
Cause every time I close my eyes
It might be the last time
I see myself alive

Chorus:
I’ll miss their wedding, miss them so much
I’ll miss their graduation and cheers
I’ll miss my grandkids growing up
It’s just the thoughts that ring in your ears
When you’d be lucky to have
Another year

Chorus:
I’ll miss their wedding, miss them so much
I’ll miss their graduation and cheers
I’ll miss my grandkids growing up
It’s just the thoughts that ring in your ears
When you’d be lucky to have
Another year