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My Get Up And Go Has Went

How do I know my youth is all spent ?  
Well my get up and go has got up and went.
But in spite or it all I'm still able to grin
When I think of where my get up has been .

Old age is golden or so I've heard said  
But sometimes I wonder when I go to bed,
With my ear in a drawer and my teeth in a cup,  
My eyes on the table until I wake up
As sleep dims my eyes I say to myself
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf ?
But I'm happy to say as I close the door,
My friends are the same, Or perhaps even more,.

Now when I was young my slippers where Red,
I could kick my heels right over my head.
When I grew older my slippers were Blue,  
But I could still cycle the-whole day through.

Now I am old, My slippers are Black  
I ‘WALK’ to the store and puff my way back
The reason I know my youth is all spent,
Is my get up and go has got up and went,

But I Don't mind when I think with a grin
of all the grand places my get up has been.
And since I've retired from life’s competition
My armchair's the place to be doing my wishing.

I get up each morning and dust off my wits,  
Pick up the paper and read the 'obits',  
If I see my names missing I know I'm not dead,  
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.

Gerry A Trick

Probably penned by Sid Honeyball , Addiscombe Member and RTTC Time Keeper