Poems, prayers and promises....

I've been lately thinking about my life 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.

The days they pass so quickly now,
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, I'd like to sail away,
And dance across the mountains on the moon....

I have to say it now it's been a good life all in all,
It's really fine to have the chance to hang around,
And lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire
While all my friends ... sit and watch the sun go down.

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.

Words & music by John Denver, 1971