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They're seriously saying it's prolonging me life, |
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If I'll only submit to the surgical knife? |
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But what are the odds on a month or a week? |
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When the betting shop's closing its doors, so to speak. |
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When you're tied to a pump and a breathing machine, |
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With their X-rays and probes and their monitor screens, |
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And they'll wake ye up hungry, saying "How do ye feel?" |
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And then you're stuffed full of pills and a barium meal. |
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Prolonging me life? Now that's some kind of joke! |
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I'd be laughing me head off and I'd probably choke. |
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The spirit's still willing but the rest of me's weak, |
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Now the bets are all off and the prospects look bleak, |
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When you're laid like a piece of old meat on the slab, |
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And they'll cut and they'll slice, and they'll poke and they'll jab, |
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And they'll grill ye and burn ye, and they'll wish ye good health, |
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With their radium, chemo and God knows what else? |
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Well ye can't fault the science, though the logic is weak, |
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Is it really an eternal life we should seek? |
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That ship has sailed, |
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That ship has sailed, |
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That ship has already sailed...So to speak. |
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Our mission is more than a struggle for breath, |
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For a few extra rounds in a fight to the death. |
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When our mission is love, and compassion and grace, |
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It's not a test of endurance, or a marathon race. |
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For love is the sabre, and love is the shield, |
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Love is the only true power we wield, |
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An eternal love is all ye should seek, |
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That ship will be ready to sail...So to speak. |
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I hear what you're saying 'cos I've heard it before, |
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But I'm afraid if I let what is past through my door, |
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How long would he stay, a month or a week, |
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Should I settle for something that's safe on this Earth? |
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What would it profit me, what is it worth? |
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If I lose something precious, completely unique? |
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When it's only eternity's love we should seek, |
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For when that ship sails, and the course has been set, |
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And the wind's in the offing and the sails have been let, |
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And the hatches are full, and the hull doesn't leak, |
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And the ship is all ready to sail...So to speak. |
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I'm tired and fading and losing the light, |
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And I've no way to tell if it's day or it's night, |
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Follow your heart, it's the harbour ye seek, |
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And this ship is ready to sail, |
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This ship is ready to sail, |
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This ship is ready to sail...So to speak. |