Journey's End

Oh, keep the window open wide and let me see the world outside my body's caught now, in this room my mind still yearns despite the gloom to see, to learn, to watch, explore what this old world may have in store for this old man, there's much to know while legs may fail, the heart still grows Oh, let my ears hear all the news the good, the bad, the lies, the truths the tragedies, the joyous times when friends pass on and bells do chime don't hide from me, please let me see all that there is; all that there'll be And let me feel, all that remains the simple pleasures and the pain don't take from me what I must face while I still lie here in this place For this is life; our memories they're all we take from this journey the days, the weeks, the months, the years the smiles, the laughs, the hurts, the tears I'll hold each one with tender care as I wait for what comes next, out there a journey to a place that's new where I'll go first and wait for you And all these things that I have seen the sounds I've heard, where I have been I'll leave them out where you can see, the place beyond, where I will be