The hill is before me,
The hill that I have been climbing,
Climbing all my long life.
I sit down and look back,
Back at the trail I have climbed
And all along that trail I see beauty,
The beauty that has been my life.
I see some minor drops
Where I have struggled to climb,
But they are so few
As my life has been so wonderful
And I have reached the place,
The place where I am thanks to many things.
The glory of music has always been with me,
Nature’s artwork was forever around me,
Good friends and family with me all the time.
My wife was at my side for over half the journey
And we had glorious times together on our journey.
She passed over the top of her hill,
But I kept climbing mine.
As I sit here now a new life is mine,
And I will climb to the top of the hill
Together with a new lady in my life.
We have a love that will keep us going,
Going up that hill to the top
And we will sail into the future together.