Lifetime of Song

How great is the need for the toys of mankind?
 If you learn how to feed from the joys you can find
 When a smile and a wink and a snippet of song
 Is good trade for a drink and a place to belong
 What gift can I find in return for this prize?
 All the genuine kindness I see in your eyes
 I can learn of your dreams and this much I can do
 For this moment, it seems, I can give them to you
 I will fashion a rhyme with a twist of my tongue
 I will turn back the time to when all things were young
 I will give to this earth of myself, right or wrong
 For you kindness is worth my lifetime of song
 I confront all your fears so for you they will die
 I can cry all the tears that you tough boys won't cry
 All the words you can't speak will be my common speech
 All the answers you seek I can help you to reach
 I will fashion a rhyme with a twist of my tongue
 I will turn back the time to when all things were young
 I will give to this earth of myself, right or wrong
 For you kindness is worth my lifetime of song
 This vow that I make for my lifetime will stay
 For the music you take you can give what you may
 A green paper eagle or a smile when we part
 All tender is legal when sent from the heart
 I will fashion a rhyme with a twist of my tongue
 I will turn back the time to when all things were young
 I will give to this earth of myself, right or wrong
 For you kindness is worth my lifetime of song
 I will fashion a rhyme with a twist of my tongue
 I will turn back the time to when all things were young
 I will give to this earth of myself, right or wrong
 For you kindness is worth my lifetime of song