Old Lease On Life

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Old Lease On LifeDown at ol’ Chester’s barbershopI said how much I hated my jobI might buy an ‘82 T-TopFor a new lease on lifeHe buzzed me close and said with a smile“kids these days want unisex stylesBut when pink dye jobs get me riledI think of my loving wifeCos I could fill my life with new stuffBut Buddy true loveIs an old lease on lifeA gift of the heart that lastsCars n gadgets lose their magicWay too fastIf you wanna taste each breathAnd do more than just surviveStart thinking’ of your own true loveAs an old lease on lifeChester moved slow as he swept the floorHe cut hair thirty years for the CorpsBut now just kneelin’ down was a choreFor a man his ageI loved to hear about the life he ledThough he had more days behind than aheadThat tough ol’ timer talked insteadLike life was on the first pageHe said “the body fades but the soul remainsIt’s in ev’ry King JamesIt’s an old lease on lifeA gift of the heart that lastsCars n gadgets lose their magicWay too fastIf you wanna taste each breathAnd do more than just surviveStart thinking’ of the Good Lord aboveAs an old lease on lifeFor the first time in a whileThe wife and IDrove to church in our old sedanChester shook my hand at the doorAnd learnin’ what I was livin’ forMade me a brand new manWith an old lease on lifeAn old lease on life…©2007 Robert George