Story Behind The Song

My best friend and companion inspired this composition when she shared her private history of her life before we met.

Song Description

Every woman has stages in her life where choices are made by the heart or circumstances. This song shares with the listener one woman's journey through life from her twenty's through her fifty's.

Lyrics

Bonnie's Song

She's a woman in her twenty's
And she's got a lot to give.
She dreams about the future
And the life she's gonna live.

Now, will she raise a family,
Or will she live alone,
And change the world around her
As she makes it on her own?

But that was all decided on the day she fell in love,
She couldn't see her world without him,
In the days and years to come,
And so they married neath the summer sun,
With promises of love,
And made their vows to one another,
To be true.

She's a woman in her thirty's
And her world's a special place.
The miracle of children,
Puts a smile upon her face.

She never dreamed her heart
Could ever hold a love so strong,
Until those days of miracles,
The day when they were born.

But her true love is different now
He doesn't seem the same.
He never says the words "I love you"
Though she longs to hear her name,
In whispered moments in the moonlight,
But he just turns away,
And says "I'll see you in the morning,
Goodnight".

She's a woman in her forty's
And she finds herself alone.
The children are a comfort,
But she'll love them on her own.

Her own true love has drifted on,
Into another's arms,
Forgetting all the vows he made,
Beneath that summer sun.

Though all he left were memories,
Of younger days gone by,
Her children's laughter fills those moments,
When she just wants to cry,
And then she pulls herself together,
Never asking reason's why,
And as she feels their love surround her,
she goes on.

She's a woman in her fifty's
and her children have all gone,
to seek their fame and fortunes,
Having families of their own.

Her life is so much different now,
A new love came her way,
now the autumn years that lie ahead,
Holds promises they made.

But every now and then she thinks of
how it might have been,
if only different roads were traveled
would she do it all again,
But as her children's children gather round her
Love comes rushin' in,
And when she puts her arms around them
She smiles.

She's a woman in her twenty's
And she's got a lot to give.