Friday, March 26, 2010

Bob Dylan must know my kids

Long before I had kids of my own I listened to this song as a teenager thinking it was a great Bob Dylan song. Now that I have my own kids I feel Bob Dylan knew my heart. The lyrics are as follows:
"Forever Young"
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.
It's funny when I listened to it as a teenager I thought who want s to be forever young? No way!! Now believe it or not I think the same thing..I would add another verse to the song and say....
May your teenage years roll by
May you fall in love over and over
May your choice of work not rule you
May you find yourself over and over
While you head down this road
May you FEEL forever young
HA HA so not Bob Dylan ..esk but true none the less.
Babies at 3 1/2 months.

3 comments:

Annie said...

I think you should send that to Bob, he needs a little updating...

Eryn said...

That's great--we play that for the kids a lot. About a year ago, in the middle of dinner, Benjamin asked, "How do you spell Bob Dylan?" and then yesterday we were watching a show about Mt. Rainer and there was a voice over of some man singing and Benjamin said, "I think that's Bob Dylan singing".

I like your write up for a new verse.

Fulton Quads said...

Autumn~
I LOVE it! You look great too!
Hugs!
Cathy