Lyric discussion by The Dog That Ate... 

Cover art for A Life Of Her Own lyrics by Television Personalities

Sad tender song... The lyrics are not very subtle, their meaning quite obvious, but it's so rare to hear this kind of words in the mouth of a man... It's so true, the words are very simple, and consequently so close to reality. When I first heard it, I instantly thought of all those young women I've seen in my life, that switched from "girls" to "mothers" (sometimes, they're "girls mothers" like Morrissey would say...), and have done it just "too much too soon" or "too much too young", as you want. A life lost : the sort of thing you can read on their faces Please, excuse me there are some errors in the lyrics, cause I'm French and I did the best that I could