So many beautiful stories are told of love and affection that's purer than gold   They meet and they love and he makes her his wife   And wife can't last this a mystery of life   I love you my darling I've always been true wherever you go I'll be thinking of you   You say you don't want me you wish to be free   If that's what you want that's the way it will be   It's a mystery of life cause someone so sweet   Can pass you aside to be dirt at their feet   They'll take you and court you and make you their wife   And wife can't last this a mystery of life   [ guitar ]   When daddy told mother till death do us part   He said it and meant it right from the heart   But now it is different how people have changed   The words of the Bible it 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 first missed all this trouble and strife that is just one of the mysteries of life   It's a mystery of life...