I don't know

I don’t know how I got here, but I sure know where I’ve been. Up from a past rooted in pain, Mama always taught me to not live my life in vain. Living by rules past down through history, I don’t know how I’ve lasted here so long. I know that there is good in all bad, but pain is all I’ve had.   I don’t know how I got here, but I sure know where I’ve been. Trying to live each sunrise to the fullest, Laying my head down each night with no regrets.   Time is all we have A beginning and an end But all I ever wanted from the beginning…was a friend.   I don’t know how I got here, but I sure know where I’ve been. I’ve walked the paths of life, But somewhere I’ve lost my way. I’ve spoken many words, and now I have nothing left to say.