Retirement Song

You turned on the faucet
To the garden hose
Now the water flows through it all
We sat in the garden,
And pulled the weeds like they asked us to
I've retired my dying
Until my very last day this time, day this time
And when the earth holds me
I won't have a say this time, say this time
You held my hand then and you held the phone
And you held the phone when I called
But you didn't have to
As you watched me fall
As you watched me fall
I should have been stronger
Been the rock that you need me to be
Not skipped or pulled under
Into the waves or washed out to sea
I've retired my dying
Until my very last day this time,
day this time
And when the earth takes me,
I just won't have a say this time
Say this time
I've retired my dying
Until my very last day this time
I won't go out crying
I just won't have a say this time
Say this time