I Can'T Go With You To Paradise Poem by BRUCE MARTONE

ISN'T IT KIND A FUNNY
HOW WE MADE IT TO OUR EIGHTIES
TO BAD WE CAN'T GO FURTHER
BUT OUR CANCER WON'T LET US
AND KEEP IN MIND
I STAY WITH YOU
TO THE END OF OUR TIME
BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND
I CAN'T GRANT YOU
THAT DIEING WISH
TO GO WITH YOU TO PARADISE
YOU SEE HE WILL NEVER OPEN
THE GATE FOR ME
HE HASN'T FORGIVE ME
FOR MY MISTAKE
IT'S NOT HARD FOR ME
TO SEE
AND I'M SORRY
I NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT
BUT I NEVER WANTING YOU
TO FIND OUT
THAN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
MARRY ME
I'M ONLY TELLING YOU NOW
SO YOU KNOW
WHY I CAN'T GO
TO PARADISE WITH YOU
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD
I WANTING TO TELL YOU
SOME HOW
BUT THE TIMING WAS NEVER RIGHT
TILL NOW
SO WILL YOU LISTEN TONIGHT
I GOT DRUNK
AND GOT INTO A FIGHT
WHERE I SHOULD HAVE
WALK AWAY
BUT I DIDN'T
I WAS DRUNKER THAN A SKUNK
AND I STAY
WEARING HIS BLOOD
ON MY HANDS
TILL HIS DEATH
I DON'T EXPECT YOU
TO UNDERSTAND
AND EVERY NIGHT
I THOUGHT THE COPS
WOULD COME
AND MAKE IT RIGHT
BUT THEY NEVER DID
AND WHEN I USE TO SEE ONE
I HID
BUT THAT WAS THEN
AND THIS NOW
SO THAT'S WHY I CAN'T COME
TO PARADISE
I REALLY HOPE YOU CAN SEE
AM I'M SORRY
YES YOUR RIGHT WE CAN TRY
BUT I KNOW HE WON'T AGREE