"Lament" LYRICS MADONNA

MADONNA LYRICS

"Lament"

[Eva:]The choice was mine, and mine completelyI could have any prize that I desiredI could burn with the splendor of the brightest fireOr else, or else I could choose time

Remember I was very young thenAnd a year was forever and a daySo what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?I saw the lights, and I was on my way

And how I lived, how they shoneBut how soon the lights were gone

[Che:]The choice was yours and noone else'sYou can cry for a body in despairHang your head because she is no longer thereTo shine, to dazzle, or betrayHow she lived, how she shoneBut how soon the lights were gone

[Embalmers:]Eyes, hair, face, imageAll must be preservedStill life displayed foreverNo less than she deserved.