I've been lately thinking about my life's time, all the things I've done and how it's been.
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And I can't help believing in my own mind, I know I'm gonna hate to see it end.
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I've seen a lot of sunshine, slept out in the rain, spent a night or two all on my own.
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I've known my lady's pleasures, had myself some friends, spent a time or two in my own home.
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I have to say it now, it's been good life all in all, it's really fine to have a chance to hang around.
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and lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire
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while all my friends and my old lady sit and pass a pipe around.
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And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in.
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How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care.
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How long it's been since yesterday, what about tomorrow
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and what about our dreams and all the memories we share?
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Days they pass so quickly now, the nights are seldom long.
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Time around me whispers when it's cold.
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The changes somehow frightens me, still I have to smile. It turns me on to think of growing old.
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For though my life's been good to me there's still so much to do.
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So many things my mind has never known.
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I'd like to raise a family, I'd like to sail away and dance across the mountains on the moon.
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I have to say it now, it's been good life all in all, it's really fine to have a chance to hang around.
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and lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire
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while all my friends and my old lady sit and pass a pipe around.
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And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in.
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How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care.
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How long it's been since yesterday, what about tomorrow
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and what about our dreams and all the memories we share?
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Poems, Prayers And Promises
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John Denver |