Tineyjo Langley - Instead

this is for my dad my god rest his soul

when i heard the news i knew it couldn't be true i just saw you three hours
ago when i saw you all cold and blue i thought how could you i heald your hand
and kissed your cheek wishing it was me instead of you i was so mad and i
hated you too because you left me i knew not what to do you told me you
would never leave me and now your gone i feel your pain now its all up to me i
wish it was me instead of you you had so much life and so much more to do you
had a wife and three kids you worked real hard and played real hard to i
wished it was me instead of you now your in the ground no more wisdom
or shall it be found you took part of me with you that day and that has been
said when i watched them put you in the ground i can't understand why it was
you and not me instead 'you have your freedom', 'you have no pain', you
have no memory just the same', ' you age no more', 'you gain no less'
i just dont understand why it can't be me instead of you if you were here
you would understand what i mean for no more pain or suffering that's
why i am wishing it was mi 'Instead'.

(8-14-02)

Tineyjo Langley

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