Like a thief in the night you took her
You stole a piece of my heart
All those years ago when we married
I swore we never would part

The plans we made for our retirement years
Now those plans will never take place
You've taken her but I still see her
With that beautiful smile on her face

Three children we had and she loved them
And I am loving them still
Their mother can no longer love them
You stole her, fought her and broke her.
Destroyed her cast iron will

Now the house is an empty reminder
Of the the days when our love filled the air
I still look round expecting to see her
Sat there in her comfortable chair

Yes, like a thief in the night you took her
Destroyed the life in her soul
Destroyed the woman I lived for
Cancer stole her right to grow old