Topic: Failed Marriage
A little while ago Sue my first wife (we divorced 30 odd years ago) sent me a poem. Me being me I decided to put it to music so here it is. I have also recorded it although it is really a ladies song, so you will have to imagine me in a wig, dress and with lippy on if you listen to it. The photo is us on our wedding day.
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Failed Marriage Words by Susan Hoefkens
Music by Roger Guppy
Intro:
[G][Em][C][D]
Verse 1:
Nineteen [G]sixty nine was a very [Em]eventful year,
[C]Romance, marriage, and a [D]daughter so dear,
On hold [G]went the love that we [Em]felt for each other,
Just [C]learning to be a good [D]father and mother.
[C][D]
Verse 2:
Bet[G]ween us we had made a wonder[Em]ful new life,
But in the [C]meantime forgetting to be [D]husband and wife,
Pouring [G]all our love into a [Em]daughter so dear,
A very [C]hard time that, our [D]very first year.
[C][D]
Verse3:
[G]So much so we began to [Em]drift apart,
For[C]getting what once we felt [D]deep in our heart,
That [G]was the time that our marriage [Em]came to an end,
No [C]longer my husband and not [D]even my friend.
[C][D]
Chorus:
[C]Why it went wrong, why were [D]we so bitter?
The [C]reasons are many but [D]now do not matter,
For after [G]all is said and done, it is only [Em]time that mends,
We both [Am]care for Donna and we are [D]now good friends.
[C][D]
Verse 4:
We made [G]big mistakes by lis[Em]tening to others,
Taking [C]wrong advice from, family, [D]friends and lovers,
This [G]meant you missed out on our [Em]daughter’s life,
For the [C]sake of my new husband, and of [D]your new wife.
[C][D]
Verse 5:
But a [G]happy woman she has [Em]now become,
Knowing [C]she can talk to her dad [D]and her mum,
So [G]in the end we have got [Em]something right,
Even after [C]all these years and a [D]bitter hard fight.
[C][D]
Chorus:
[C]Why it went wrong, why were [D]we so bitter?
The [C]reasons are many but [D]now do not matter,
For after [G]all is said and done, it is only [Em]time that mends,
We both [Am]care for Donna and we are [D]now good [G]friends.
"Do, or do not; there is no try"
