[Verse 1]

I’m in the twilight of my life,

Never married, never had a wife

The chance was there

But I didn’t dare

Too proud, too afraid,

Scared of the past my parents made

Opting to live all alone by myself

Trying to escape the pain they left

[Prechorus]

Childhood memories of a broken home

Left me loveless and all alone

[Chorus]

I’VE RUN FROM LOVE ALL MY LIFE!!!!

AFRAID TO MARRY AND HAVE A WIFE!

LONELINESS BECAME MY BEST FRIEND

BUT NOW IT HAUNTS ME IN THE END

LOVING MEMORIES THAT WERE NEVER MADE

A GROWING DEBT THAT WAS NEVER PAID!!!!!!

[Verse 2]

The son I wanted and never had,

Another cost that now looks bad

The daughter I never walked down the aisle

A life indictment without a trial.

The gray hair reveals how long it’s been

That I’ve committed this horrible sin

Denying the pleasures of a married life

Living with heartache and dying in strife

[Prechorus]

Childhood memories of a broken home

Left me loveless and all alone

[Chorus]

I’VE RUN FROM LOVE ALL MY LIFE!!!!

AFRAID TO MARRY AND HAVE A WIFE!

LONELINESS BECAME MY BEST FRIEND

BUT NOW IT HAUNTS ME IN THE END

LOVING MEMORIES THAT WERE NEVER MADE

A GROWING DEBT THAT WAS NEVER PAID!!!!!!

[instrumental]

[Bridge]

Tomorrow, I will travel to the funeral home

Make my final plans to be buried alone

A pauper’s funeral when they lay me to rest

That’s all I need, I don’t need the best

There’s no one to worry about, no one to cry

Just the mortician to bid me goodbye

No wife or child to weep or bow,

I never cared in the past, so why care now.

[Outro]

LORD, those childhood memories of my broken home

Left me loveless and so all alone

Parents’faults travel far and wide

Lasting years for every tear they cried

Copyright October 23, 2025, by Stephen Craig Whitley – All Rights Reserved