When I was one, time went so slow
As I lay in my cot and started to grow
Most of the time, I was fast asleep
Counting the flock of Little Bo Peep
Five years went by and came that date
The ring on the calendar that most kids hate
The thought of the next ten years ahead
No fun, no play, I feared it with dread
Those school days went by so very fast
Taken for granted as I accumulated a past
Another chapter in my life had gone
Never really had I ever shone
The following years, I went from job to job
Never having fun but earning a few bob
My working life seemed so mundane
The days drifting by much of the same
During those years I found a wife
Someone to share to rest of my life
We started a family as most couples do
The reason why, I haven’t a clue
The children grew up and drifted away
We hardly found the time to play
Most of the time spent in front of the TV
A wasted mark on my life’s CV
Now I’m retired what can I do
How to fill up my day I haven’t a clue
Most of my days again spent in bed
Wasting my time, I might as well be dead
Now in my nineties, I sit and rock
As I stare at the hands on the carriage clock
Old Father Time has caught up with me
The hands move on to half past three
I see the Grim Reaper standing at my door
I plead with him, please come back at ten to four
Twenty minutes never seemed important before
As he starts his walk across the floor
My life flashes now in front of my eyes
Not given the time to say my goodbyes
All that time in my life that I wasted away
As I now face the inevitable judgement day
Don’t worry he says, come along with me
You’re about to start an eternity
Time is a plenty, now that I’m dead
All I have now are the thoughts in my head
Now that it’s all been taken away
I wished I had cherished every minute of the day
Hey wait a minute, is this all a bad dream
There were a few days when I was keen
Please give me a chance to make a new start
I’m sorry my friend there’s no beat in your heart.