There's a beat dancing in his heart
and it hammers in his chest
He can feel it slow down these days
for time calls it to rest
The years have flown by
leaving scars to mark the days
baby showers and funerals
mingle together in the haze
He hopes that when this all shakes out
that He'll be on the positive side
He prays that Heaven will open up
and that he'll avoid the downward slide
Soon the light will fade
and He'll have to step over
He'd hope to watch my children grow
and dance in fields of clover
So shed no tears for this dying man
For his life was complete and full
He'll go to a place where they know his name
and peace is the guiding rule
Time ticks with each new day
and a boy will become a man
He'll take his place in the sun
and fulfill the Master's plan
For with every life, there comes a death
and Nature makes this so
embrace each moment when it comes
because time will never let you know
Bryant
