Poems, Prayers and Promises lyrics

I've been lately thinking about my life's 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.

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 lady's pleasures, had myself some friends,

Spent a time or two in my own home.

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

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

And lie there by the fire

And watch the evening tire

While all my friends and my old lady sit and pass a 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,

What about tomorrow

And what about our dreams and all the memories we share?

Days they pass so quickly now,

The nights are seldom long.

Time around me whispers when it's cold.

The changes somehow frightens me,

Still I have to smile.

It turns me on to think of growing 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 good life all in all,

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

And lie there by the fire

And watch the evening tire

while all my friends and my old lady sit and pass a 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,

What about tomorrow

And what about our dreams and all the memories we share?

• Artist:John Denver
• Album:Poems, Prayers and Promises (1971)