I’ve had a wonderful life
had a wonderful wife
was a cook, a teacher, a sailor
but somehow never a tailor
have sailed more than half the world
and that’s the truth I’ve told
I’ve sailed over many a sea
they all looked the same to me
after the navy a dream came to me
soon a farmer I would be
bought myself an old farm
in such bad shape I could do no harm
kept an 8 hour day job in town
worked the farm till the sun went down
27 years later my strength dropped down
sold the farm and moved to town
now I am an old broken man
doing the best I can
all I have left is my memories
now I do whatever I please
here I’ll be until I die
then I’ll meet my God on high
Cheer up a little. Don't forget you can still walk and talk and eat and drink and smoke if you like. But most oif all you can still write and communicate with all your frienda as well. Keep up the good writing. Warm weather will be here permanently very soon and then you can sit outside and get a suntan!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Jim. I thought I was upbeat in my lyrics. I wouldn't trade my life for any other. The ending was, I admit a step down, but I hope it revealed what it's like to be facing one's age and decline and living alone. I'm not afraid of death, after all, we all face it at some point. I don't fear dying. What I do fear is being incapacitated and dependent on someone else to care for me until i die.
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