Written by billy burnette and rafe van hoy.         I found your note and that was all she wrote   You might as well just've cut my throat   You said I'm doing this for your own sake   And all of this has been a big mistake   It doesn't matter what you think is best   This is a matter of life and death      You said it hurts me more than it does you   Then why am I turning all these shades of blue   You had me thinkin' it was paradise   All of a sudden it was cold, thin ice   I've fallen under, trying to catch my breath   This is a matter of life and death      You set me up to let me down   You took the love I couldn't live without   Two fatal words "bye bye"   Without your love you know I'll surely die      I never begged for anything before   I'm close to knockin'on st. peter's door   Come on baby, I'm down on my knees   You know my heart will never rest in peace   Grant me the only with that I have left   This is a matter of life and death      (tag)      Don't kill the only one alive that loves you the best   This is a matter of life…and…death