Time flew by so quickly Life was tickety-boo, didn't bat an eye The bucks, the change The weeks, the daily grind Seventeen years young I lost my son I lost my son I fake being positive Everything they tell you makes no difference to me Best medicine, best doctors Best efforts round the clock God, why did you do this to me? God, why did you do this to me? A feat you can't conceive A loss you can't believe A pain you can't relieve Insanely unfair Beyond compare Family's not the same Holes and gaps and pain Irreversible stains Thirty years of hard work down the drain A head full of gray Pounding rain It just keeps coming in waves It just keeps coming in waves God, why did you do this to me? God, why did you do this to me? I lived by the good book My word meant something when I shook I feel like they're all crooks Cancer devils, filthy hooks My son, he gave me one last look You aren't supposed to bury your kid The burden I carry I barely keep hid Where do I go from here? I'm overwrought with fears I just want to drink twenty fucking beers! But that won't help and that won't mend ya Have some hope that you can lend I'm barely coping, tiring to pretend I'm fucking mad at the universe! I'm beyond bewildered I have a gaping fucking wound! I'm immeasurably confused! If there was one thing in this cold world I could have chosen not to lose It was you, you, you It was you, you, you If there's one thing in this cold world I could have chosen not to lose It was you, you, you It was you