Old Ben

You may be decades past your youthful elan And close to the end of the average human life span But for as long as you are feeling mentally and physically okay And the Reaper of lives is not reaping your way Feel happy to make the most of every day Since you will be forever where dead people lay Old Ben the oldest patron at the local pub he is ninety three He does love his beer and enjoys the barroom revelry A great grandfather twenty years ago he lost Kate his wife He often says for as long as i can i will hang on to life For his love of life him i can only admire Though he too will die for death he feels no desire He wants to live on for as long as he can And die without pain as a very old man.