I Always Have Loved Life

I always have loved life and only death I fear And my call from the reaper with each new dawn draws near But 'tis only the fear I fear of death the great unknown Till Nature claims us all we are all Nature's own. I am not without sin I cannot cast the stone And what are Human Beings are we just flesh and bone No different to a sheep, a dog or cat or fox To be cremated and burned to ashes or buried in a box? I always have loved life it is a marvellous thing But each Spring that we live may be our final Spring The old song 'The longer we live the sooner we will die' The truth in those words one could never deny. Of death 'tis the fear of the fear of dying that and nothing more And each year is a bonus beyond the three score But I have always loved life so I will live as long as I can I would rather die an old coward than a heroic young man