I?ve been lately thinking about my life?s time   All the things I?ve done, 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   And 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   And lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire   While all my friends and my old lady sit and pass the pipe around      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?   What about our dreams and all the memories we share?      The days they pass so quickly now, 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 growing old      For though my life?s been good to me there?s still so much to do   So many things my mind's never known   I?d like to raise a family, I?d like to sail away   And dance across the mountains on the moon, yes I would      I have to say it now, it?s been a good life, all in all   It?s really fine to have the 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 watch the sun go down      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?   What about our dreams and all the memories we share?