If ever I turn 100

If ever I turn 100

I shall look back on my century

How I outlived all the people

Who thought they would outlive me

Much will be forgotten

Yet I'll be envious of the times

The few I will remember

Simply because they've been mine

If ever I turn 100

The year shall be '72

Counting the days until I die

For there won't be much more to do

If ever I turn 100

And can see the other side

I'll say "Hello" to my family 

And goodbye to the tears that I've cried

Because no more tears in Heaven

Mimicking lyrics that I've heard before

If ever I turn 100

And knock on Heaven's door

A movie may not be based on my life

Nor a song written or penned

But if ever I live to 100

I shall see you again and again

For if after the day I turn 100

And there won't be another to see

I'll read all of Heaven this poem

So they'll be impressed by me