If I were eighty I'd slit my throat Or take a long voyage In a leaky boat I'd climb the highest mountain And then jump off I'd be so desperate I'd take up golf
I'd go to the Galapagos Those prehistoric isles Where the past lives on And the lizard smiles Or to the Yucatan With it's ancient race The glory may be gone But they left a trace
I'd take every chance I'd drive at night I'd speak my mind And dare you to fight For I've nothing to lose How long can one live? I've given what I can Though I have more to give
I still have more left Of what I was given "Stand out of my way, 'Cause I'm not through living"
Written for my Dad on his eightieth birthday, eleven years before he died. He lived a life of which I am both proud and envious.