there came a time for  the old man   when a place of beauty,  a lay of land   spoke out to him, said  understand,   you should rest  now,   i'm an open hand   and the man said  yes!   i'd like the days  here   i'd like the  nights here   here I will settle  me down   i'll spend my days  here   the rest of my days  here   here I will watch the  world go round   there came a time for  the old man   when a place of beauty,  a lay of land   spoke out to him like a  long lost friend   said stay with me now  until the end   the man said yes!   I'd like the summers  here   i'd like the  winters   here I will settle  me down   i'll spend my days  here   rest of my days  here   here I will watch   the world go round   and so they lived   the man and the  land   they lived as one   until the end   and the man sang  out   I like the days  here   I like the nights  here   oh! how the world  spins around   I like the summers  here   I like the winters  here   here I will sleep in  the ground   here I will sleep in  the ground   here I will sleep in  the ground