[00:11.000]They're seriously saying it's prolonging me life,
[00:14.000]If I'll only submit to the surgical knife?
[00:19.000]But what are the odds on a month or a week?
[00:22.000]When the betting shop's closing its doors, so to speak.
[00:28.000]When you're tied to a pump and a breathing machine,
[00:31.000]With their X-rays and probes and their monitor screens,
[00:35.000]And they'll wake ye up hungry, saying "How do ye feel?"
[00:39.000]And then you're stuffed full of pills and a barium meal.
[00:45.000]Prolonging me life? Now that's some kind of joke!
[00:49.000]I'd be laughing me head off and I'd probably choke.
[00:53.000]The spirit's still willing but the rest of me's weak,
[00:56.000]Now the bets are all off and the prospects look bleak,
[01:00.000]When you're laid like a piece of old meat on the slab,
[01:05.000]And they'll cut and they'll slice, and they'll poke and they'll jab,
[01:08.000]And they'll grill ye and burn ye, and they'll wish ye good health,
[01:12.000]With their radium, chemo and God knows what else?
[01:18.000]Well ye can't fault the science, though the logic is weak,
[01:21.000]Is it really an eternal life we should seek?
[01:25.000]That ship has sailed,
[01:28.000]That ship has sailed,
[01:32.000]That ship has already sailed...So to speak.
[01:38.000]Our mission is more than a struggle for breath,
[01:41.000]For a few extra rounds in a fight to the death.
[01:45.000]When our mission is love, and compassion and grace,
[01:49.000]It's not a test of endurance, or a marathon race.
[01:55.000]For love is the sabre, and love is the shield,
[01:59.000]Love is the only true power we wield,
[02:02.000]An eternal love is all ye should seek,
[02:08.000]That ship will be ready to sail...So to speak
[02:18.000]I hear what you're saying 'cos I've heard it before,
[02:21.000]But I'm afraid if I let what is past through my door,
[02:25.000]How long would he stay, a month or a week,
[02:31.000][02:37.000]Should I settle for something that's safe on this Earth?
[02:42.000]What would it profit me, what is it worth?
[02:46.000]If I lose something precious, completely unique?
[02:50.000]When it's only eternity's love we should seek,
[02:55.000]For when that ship sails, and the course has been set,
[03:00.000]And the wind's in the offing and the sails have been let,
[03:04.000]And the hatches are full, and the hull doesn't leak,
[03:11.000]And the ship is all ready to sail...So to speak.
[03:20.000]I'm tired and fading and losing the light,
[03:25.000]And I've no way to tell if it's day or it's night,
[03:31.000]Follow your heart, it's the harbour ye seek,
[03:38.000]And this ship is ready to sail,
[03:43.000]This ship is ready to sail,
[03:47.000]This ship is ready to sail...So to speak.