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Amy

MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR,
MY GRANDFATHER'S STILL ALIVE.
SHE HATED THE BLACKS,
SHE HATED THE JEWS AND
EVERYONE ELSE BESIDES.
SHE WAS A BITTER OLD SOUL
TELLING EVERYONE WHAT TO DO,
‘TIL CAMEL NON-FILTERS TOOK HER BREATH
AWAY AT NINETY-TWO.
IT WAS A LONG LIFE
A RIPE OLD AGE TO DIE,
BUT AT TWENTY-THREE I HAVE TO WONDER WHY,
HATE CAN LIVE TIL NINETY-TWO
AND TWENTY-THREE WILL DIE…

HOW DO YOU MEASURE A LIFE WELL-LIVED?
IS IT MEASURED IN YEARS
OR IN THE PAINFUL TEARS YOU'VE SHED?
WHAT WILL BE TOLD OF YOUR TIME ON EARTH,
WOULD YOU LIVE IT AGAIN?
WILL YOU MISS IT ALL WHEN YOU'RE DEAD?
HOW WILL YOU MEASURE THE RICHES YOU'VE ACQUIRED,
ONCE YOU'VE BEEN RETIRED?

HOW MANY YEARS DOES IT TAKE TO FEEL
YOU'VE DONE SOME GOOD,
FOR OTHERS- SHOULD YOU GO-
OFF AND BE TAKEN BEFORE YOUR TIME
WOULD IT BE A CRIME?
WOULD THE WASTED TIME YOU HOLD,
BE A REMINDER OF ALL YOU COULD HAVE BEEN,
WHEN THE REAPER DOES YOU IN?

OLD IS JUST A MARKER,
LIKE A MARKER ON A GRAVE.
AGE IS NOT IMPORTANT,
MORE IMPORTANT ARE
THE MEMORIES YOU PAVE.

I'D LIKE TO MEASURE OF MY LIFE IN TERMS
OF DAYS ALIVE,
AND PEOPLE I HAVE TOUCHED.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG I'M HERE,
WHEN MY MEMORIAL ENDS
TO MY FRIENDS I'LL MEAN SO MUCH.
I'D NEVER TRADE AT TWENTY-THREE,
AS BAD AS IT APPEARS,
THE LONG, SAD LIFE THAT MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED
TIL HER NINETY-SOME ODD YEARS.

OLD IS JUST A MARKER
LIKE A MARKER ON A GRAVE,
AGE IS NOT IMPORTANT,
MORE IMPORTANT ARE
THE MEMORIES YOU PAVE.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO LEARN TO LOVE
AND LEARN TO GIVE WILL KEEP ON GIVING.
I'M LEARNING TO GIVE THE LOVE
I FEEL INSIDE AND KEEP ON LIVING.
AND YET KNOWING THE THINGS I KNOW
I'M IN NO RUSH TO GO.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO LEARN TO LOVE
AND LEARN TO GIVE WILL KEEP ON GIVING.
I'M LEARNING TO GIVE THE LOVE
I FEEL INSIDE AND KEEP ON LIVING.

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from "C'est la Guerre​!​", released August 16, 2016

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Michael Ogborn New York, New York

This site is a platform for the work of American Musical Theatre Composer/playwright Michael Ogborn. Currently living in Philadelphia and working in New York City, Ogborn has had over 25 musicals and pantos produced
to date. New recordings are added regularly.

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