Recorded by Jean Shepard
Writer: V. F. Stewart
D So many beautiful stories are A7 told
Of love and affection, that's purer than D gold
They meet and they love and he makes her his G wi-fe
And A7 why it can't last, is a Mystery Of D Life.
D I love you my darling, I've always been A7 true
Wherever you go, I'll be thinking of D you
You say you don't want me, you wish to be G fr-ee
If A7 that's what you want, that's the way it will D be.
It's a G Mystery Of Life, how D someone so sweet
Can E7 cast you aside, to be dirt at their A7 feet
They'll D take you and court you and make you their G wi-fe
And A7 why it can't last, is a Mystery Of D Life.
When Daddy told Mother, 'til death do us part
He said it and meant it, right from the heart
But now it is different, how people have chang-ed
The words of the bible, they don't mean a thing.
God made the ocean, the land and the trees
He made the flowers, the birds and the bees
Why He permits all this trouble and str-ife
That is just one of The Mysteries Of Life.
SOURCE: JEAN SHEPARD-HELLO OLD BROKEN HEART/PICKWICK JS-6049