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GROWING OLDER
AS TIME GOES BY, SO DO WE
GOING DOWN THAT TRAIL TOWARD ETERNITY
EVERY DAY GETTING OLDER AND WORN
WHERE DID ALL THE TIME GO SINCE I WAS BORN.

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ANOTHER DAY AT THE DOCTORS AND SO IT WENT
IT WAS UNLIKE OTHER TRIPS, A VISIT SHORT SPENT
MY QUARTERLY CHECK FOR ALL MY MALITIES
WENT PRETTY SMOOTH, GOOD REALITIES

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ALL MY LEVELS WERE RIGHT IN PLACE
WITH ONE EXCEPTION, AROUND MY WAIST
THERE IT IS, THE DREADED SCALE
"PLEASE STEP UP", IT NEVER FAILS

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WATCH WHAT YOU EAT, ESPECIALLY SWEETS
AND I DO, AS IT GOES DOWN, BUT I LOST MY FEET
BUT WHAT'S THE HARM ONCE IN A WHILE
TO HAVE A TREAT THAT MAKES YOU SMILE?

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I DIVERSE TO JOKE, ABOUT MY CASE
AND I KNOW THAT I SHOULD RELATE
WHEN THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE
ALWAYS SEEM TO CAUSE STRIFE

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BEHAVE I SHALL, BECAUSE OF MY CREATOR
HE GAVE ME THIS SHELL UNTIL LATER
SO I SHOULD TAKE CARE AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT
TO GIVE MY SELF A HEALTHY LIFE

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WHAT A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR ALL HE'S DONE
HE CREATED THE STARS, MOON AND THE SUN
GAVE ME A GIFT THAT IS BEYOND COMPARE
IT AMAZES ME HOW MUCH HE CARES!

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SALVATION IS MINE, FOR HIS CHILD
WHO CAME TO EARTH, MEEK AND MILD
MY PRAISES TO HIM SHALL IMPART
THE LOVE HE HAS PLANTED IN MY HEART

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SO JOIN WITH ALL WHO LOVE HIM SO
AND UP TO HEAVEN WE SHALL GO
THESE OLD SHELLS, HE SPREAD AROUND
WILL BE TRADED THAT DAY FOR A CROWN.

Written by Shirley Barr, May 16, 2004
All Rights Reserved


Psalms 37: 25 - 27
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
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