Poems, Prayers and Promises

I've been lately thinkin' about my lifetime

All the things I've done and how it's been

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

I know I'm gonna hate to see it end

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

Spent a night or two all on my own

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

Spent a night or two in my own home

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

It's really fine to have a chance to hang around

Lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire

While all my friends and my old boy sit and pass the

pipe around

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

And what about tomorrow

And what about our dreams and all the memories

we share?

The days they pass so quickly now, the 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 growin' old

For though 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 a chance to hang around

Lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire

While all my friends and my old boy sit and pass the

pipe around

And talk of poems and prayers and promises

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

And what about tomorrow

And what about our dreams and all the memories

we share?

• Artist:Dawn McCarthy
• Album:t the Brothers Sang (2013)