This year, dear Lord, I'm 80 and
there's so much I haven't done:
I hope, dear Lord, You'll let
me live until I'm 81.
But then if I haven't finished
all I want to do, would you let
me stay awhile ... until I'm 82?
So many places I want to go.
So very much to see ... Do you think
you could manage to make it 83?
The world is changing very fast ...
There's so much in store ...
I'd like very much to live
until I'm 84.
And if by then I'm still alive.
I'd like to stay until I'm 85. |
More planes will be in the air
so around I'd like to stick ...
and see what happens when
I'm only 86.
I know, dear Lord, it's much to ask
(and it must be nice in heaven).
But I would really like to enjoy a sunset,
and stay 'till I'm 87.
I know by then I won't be fast,
and sometimes will be late: but
it would be pleasant to be around
at 88!
I will have seen so much and had
a wonderful time, so I'm sure
that I'll be willing to leave
at 89. ... MAYBE!!! |
