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A poem (almost a prayer) for our
75th Birthday Party!
Don't let us get sick
Don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave
And make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
The sky was on fire
When I walked to the mill
To take up the slack in the line
I thought of my friends
And the troubles they've had
To keep me from thinking of mine
The moon has a face
And it smiles on the lake
And causes the ripples in Time
I'm lucky to be here
With [people] I like
Who maketh my spirit to shine
Don't let us get sick
Don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave
And make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
It's actually a song by Warren Zevon (of Werewolves of London fame). It was the last track on his 2000 studio album Life'll Kill You. He died of mesothelioma in 2003.
Click here to listen to Zevon's Don't Let Us Get Sick
click here for a Jackson Browne version.
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