[ti:Poems, Prayers and Promises] [ar:John Denver] [al:The Essential] [offset:0] [00:07.75]I've been lately thinking [00:10.75]About my life's time [00:13.00] [00:14.31]All the things i've done [00:16.68]And how it's been [00:18.24] [00:20.73]And i can't help believing [00:23.54]In my own mind [00:26.60] [00:27.47]I know i'm gonna hate to see it end [00:32.22] [00:33.84]I've seen a lot of sunshine [00:36.52] [00:37.14]Slept out in the rain [00:39.83] [00:40.33]Spent a night or two all on my own [00:45.13] [00:46.69]I've known my lady's pleasures [00:49.81] [00:50.44]Had myself some friends [00:53.00] [00:53.62]And spent a time or two in my own home [00:58.42] [00:59.99]And i have to say it now [01:02.98]It's been a good life all in all [01:06.03]It's really fine [01:07.72]To have a chance to hang around [01:11.60] [01:13.65]And lie there by the fire [01:16.34] [01:16.90]And watch the evening tire [01:19.57]While all my friends and my old lady [01:22.82]Sit and pass the pipe around [01:26.06] [01:27.76]And talk of poems and prayers and promises [01:31.87]And things that we believe in [01:34.36] [01:35.12]How sweet it is to love someone [01:38.49]How right it is to care [01:41.48]How long it's been since yesterday [01:44.60] [01:45.86]What about tomorrow [01:47.62] [01:48.48]And what about our dreams [01:51.11]And all the memories we share [01:55.17] [02:04.52]The days they pass so quickly now [02:08.01]Nights are seldom long [02:10.20] [02:11.20]And time around me whispers when it's cold [02:15.64] [02:17.62]The changes somehow frighten me [02:21.12]Still i have to smile [02:23.50] [02:24.25]It turns me on to think of growing old [02:28.92] [02:30.85]For though my life's been good to me [02:34.04]There's still so much to do [02:36.59] [02:37.28]So many things my mind has never known [02:42.02] [02:43.71]I'd like to raise a family [02:46.58] [02:47.33]I'd like to sail away [02:49.70] [02:50.50]And dance across the mountains on the moon [02:54.87] [02:56.80]I have to say it now [02:59.67]It's been a good life all in all [03:02.86]It's really fine [03:04.66]To have the chance to hang around [03:08.15] [03:10.46]And lie there by the fire [03:12.96] [03:13.59]And watch the evening tire [03:16.30]While all my friends and my old lady [03:19.54]Sit and pass the pipe around [03:22.73] [03:24.41]And talk of poems and prayers and promises [03:28.39]And things that we believe in [03:30.90] [03:31.64]How sweet it is to love someone [03:34.33] [03:34.93]How right it is to care [03:38.17]How long it's been since yesterday [03:41.04] [03:42.23]What about tomorrow [03:44.16] [03:45.47]What about our dreams [03:47.43]And all the memories we share