Poems, prayer and promises

       I've been lately thinkin' about my life's time 
       All the thing I've done and how it's been 
       And I can't help believin' in my own mind 
       I know I'm gonna hate to see it end 
       I've seen a lot of sun shine, slept out in the rain 
       Spend a night or two all on my own 
       I've known my lady's pleasures had myself some friends 
       Spend 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 life there by the fire and watch the evening tire 
       While all my friends and my own lady 
       Sit and pass a pipe around 

       Talk of poems and prayers and promises, 
       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 
       All memories we share 

       The days they pass so quickly now, 
       The nights are seldom long 
       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 tho' my 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 
       And like to sail away 
       And dance across the mountains on the moon 
       [repeat *]