You say it was like this   I was torn between 2 worlds   One full of promise   And the truth I knew would hurt   You say I'm no angel   Tryin to put the past behind      So now I try to find   A place to leave all   Memories in my mind   We try, our lives away   Then stumble into the grave   We cry, and still they stay   The past won't go away   The story of my life      See I was just thinkin   Now my life is on the road   The straight and the narrow   On the route that I've been showed   You know its not easy   To try to change your ways      So now I try to find   A place to leave all   Memories in my mind   We try, our lives away   Then stumble to the grave   We cry, and still they stay   The past won't go away   The story of my life      A place to leave all   Memories in my mind   We try, our lives away   Then stumble to the grave   We cry, and still they stay   The past won't go away   The story of my   Try, our lives away   Then we stumble to the grave   We cry, and still they stay   The past won't go away   The story of my life