Poems, prayers and promises (video) (intro)

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1. I've been lately thinking about my life's time,

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all the things I've done and how it's been.

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And I can't help believin' in my own mind,

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I know I'm gonna hate to see it end.

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2. I've seen a lot of sunshine, slept out in the rain,

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spent a night or two all on my own.

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I've known my lady's pleasures had myself some friends,

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spent a time or two in my own home.

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I have to say it now, it's been a good life all in all,

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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,

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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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3. 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 frighten me, still I have to smile,

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it turns me on to think of growing old.

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4. And tho' 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,

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dance across the mountains on the moon.

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(John Denver)