Poems, Prayers and Promises

I've been lately thinking about my life's time

All the things I've done and how it's been

And I can't help believing in my own mind

I know I'm gonna hate to see it end

I've seen a lot of sunshine

Slept out in the rain

Spent a night or two all on my own

I've known my lady's pleasures

Had myself some friends

And spent a time or two in my own home

I have to say it now

It's been a good life all in all

It's really fine to have a chance to hang around

And lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire

While all friends and my old lady

Sit and pass a pipe around

And talk of poems, and prayers, and promises

And things that we believe in

How sweet it is to love someone

How right it is to care

How long it's been since yesterday

What about tomorrow?

And what about our dreams?

And all the memories we share?

The days, they pass so quickly now

The nights are seldom long

And time around me whispers when it's cold

The changes somehow frighten me

Still I have to smile

It turns me on to think of growing old

For though the life's been good to me

There's still so much to do

So many things my mind has never known

I'd like to raise a family

I'd like to sail away

And dance across the mountains on the moon

And I have to say it now

It's been a good life, all in all

It's really fine to have a chance to hang around

And lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire

While all friends and my old lady

Sit and pass a pipe around

And talk of poems, and prayers, and promises

And things that we believe in

How sweet it is to love someone

How right it is to care

How long it's been since yesterday

What about tomorrow?

What about our dreams?

And all the memories we share?