{"id":220572,"date":"2020-03-24T14:40:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=220572"},"modified":"2020-04-04T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:20:10","slug":"kenny-rogers-song-fathers-grief-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kenny-rogers-song-fathers-grief-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Rogers’ song highlights father’s grief over past abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Country singer Kenny Rogers, who died on Saturday at the age of 81, had a long and solid career with hits over several decades. On an album he made later in life, the title track ,”Water and Bridges,”\u00a0told the tale<\/a> of looking back on life and “really about choices you make when you’re young that you pay for when you’re old,” he told CNN<\/a> at the time. That song includes the story of a father’s regret over a past abortion.<\/p>\n

“It starts off with a young couple who have an abortion,” Rogers said. “And the guy says, ‘If a father could hold his son, I could undo what’s been done, but I guess everyone is living with water and bridges.'”\u00a0A young couple, faced with an unplanned pregnancy, has an abortion. Years later, the father is full of regret over the choice.<\/p>\n

“I was young, so was she,” the song begins. “Life didn’t stay a mystery for very long. We could do no wrong. When she called, said she was late. So we took a little drive upstate and took care of that. Yeah, just took care of that. But now I’m lookin’ back at some of my decisions. Now that it’s much too late to change.”<\/p>\n