Start At The Ending

The secret of a happy marriage,

Maybe you should write this down

If you want to keep a love together,

The best way is to end it now

Because when you both know it’s over,

Suddenly the truth comes out

You can talk about your secret passion,

You can talk about your restless doubt

When there's no pretending,

Then the truth is safe to say,

Start with the ending,

Get it out of the way

Now there's no defending,

Because no one has to win

Start with the ending,

It’s the best way to begin

After you have both decided,

You were missing something that you need

The ways that you were too short-sighted,

Get easier for you to see

& after all the expectations

Shatter on the kitchen floor

You just see another human suffering,

& you wonder what the war was for

When there's no pretending,

Then the truth is safe to say,

Start with the ending,

Get it out of the way

Now there's no defending,

Because no one has to win

Start with the ending,

It’s the best way to begin

Happy anniversary darling,

We go back a long, long time

I think about our lives together,

I'm so grateful you are here in mine

& I know you'll keep on changing,

You’re moving in this dance with me

I love the way we embrace the future

& keep the past a memory

So there's no defending

That the old ways could remain

We start with the ending

& things will never be the same

Now there's no defending,

Because no one has to win

Start with the ending,

It’s the best way to begin

Now there's no pretending,

Then the truth is safe to say,

Start with the ending,

Get it out of the way

Now there's no defending,

Because no one has to win

Start with the ending,

It’s the best way to begin

Now there's no defending,

Because no one has to win

Start with the ending,

It’s the best way to begin

David Wilcox

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