[ti:Poems, Prayers & Promises (Live)] [ar:John Denver] [al:The Troubadour 1971 (live)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]10 Poems, Prayers & Promises (Live|.wav) - John Denver [00:02.66]Lyrics by:John Denver [00:05.33]Composed by:John Denver [00:08.00]I've been lately thinking [00:10.81]About my life's time [00:14.98]All the things I've done [00:17.01]And how it's been [00:21.89]I can't help believing in my own mind [00:28.45]I know I'm gonna hate to see it end [00:35.34]I've seen a lot of sunshine [00:38.98]Slept out in the rain [00:42.50]Spent a night or two all on my own [00:49.07]I've known my lady's pleasures [00:52.91]Had myself some friends [00:56.31]And spent a time or two in my own home [01:03.15]I have to say it now [01:05.92]It's been a good life all in all [01:09.43]It's really fine [01:11.03]To have a chance to hang around [01:16.94]And lie there by the fire [01:20.38]And watch the evening tire [01:23.25]While all my friends and my old lady [01:26.47]Sit and pass the pipe around [01:31.77]And talk of poems and prayers and promises [01:36.13]And things that we believe in [01:39.67]How sweet it is to love someone [01:43.30]How right it is to care [01:46.44]How long it's been since yesterday [01:51.11]What about tomorrow [01:54.16]What about our dreams [01:56.33]And all the memories we share [02:10.34]The days they pass so quickly now [02:14.04]Nights are seldom long [02:17.38]And time around me whispers when it's cold [02:24.38]The changes somehow frighten me [02:28.74]Still I have to smile [02:31.58]It turns me on to think of growing old [02:38.87]For though my life's been good to me [02:42.24]There's still so much to do [02:45.72]So many things my mind has never known [02:52.55]I'd like to raise a family [02:56.13]I'd like to sail away [02:59.51]And dance across the mountains on the moon [03:06.40]I have to say it now [03:09.06]It's been a good life all in all [03:12.41]It's really fine [03:14.18]To have the chance to hang around [03:20.16]And lie there by the fire [03:23.38]And watch the evening tire [03:26.35]While all my friends and my old lady [03:29.79]Sit and pass the pipe around [03:35.33]Talk of poems and prayers and promises [03:40.46]Things that we believe in [03:43.28]How sweet it is to love someone [03:46.65]How right it is to care [03:50.20]How long it's been since yesterday [03:55.01]What about tomorrow [03:58.20]What about our dreams [04:00.18]And all the memories we share