Let us grown old together and
\ntravel the world
\nTromp across the desert
\nour skin grown thick as leather<\/p>\n
I want to grow old with you
\nlets skip the kids
\nThe forest we can nurture
\nas we grow old together<\/p>\n
I want to grow old together
\nyou by my side
\nRiding treetops in stormy weather
\nour hands clinging tight to the other<\/p>\n
Growing old with me beside you
\nold elephants we are
\nWandering off to die together
\nleave the herd behind<\/p>\n
Through the wilderness we’ll wander till one or both goes senile and your’re still in a wheelchair and I’m too weak to push you, then I wander off a cliff like a mountain goat and you can’t unfold your emergency blanket quickly enough (There’s a snowstorm and you have bad arthritis in your fingers) so you slowly freeze to death and the last thing I’ll remember is you and the last thing you’ll think of is me.<\/p>\n
Lets not die in some old folks home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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