One Extra Day At A Time
For John Foskett
on his ninetieth birthday
Got through my first ninety,
The rest will be easy chill,
No more puffing up life’s mountain
Just coasting back down hill.
Waking up each morning,
Always something new to find,
Playing out my fourth quarter
One extra day at a time.
II
I smile when I watch the sun set
And say, “Hasta maana, baby,
I’ll be here when you’re rising,
No if, and, but, or maybe.
And as I wake each morning
One thought runs thru my mind –
To play out my fourth quarter
One extra day at a time.”
III
Got me more love than ever,
Old Devil Lust gone away,
More joy in being together,
New memories born each day,
Happy to wake each morning
Next to my love sublime,
Playing out that fourth quarter
IV
Get a big bang from the universe
And looking deep at the stars,
We were once all stardust
Just like Jupiter and Mars,
In the early light of evening
I watch that old moon climb,
One extra day at a time.
V
My whole world’s turned positive,
No more room for doom and gloom
The iceman’s still a-coming
But it won’t be someday soon.
So I’ll wake each morning
And watch the new day shine,
One extra day at a time.