The human body's wonderful
Until something goes badly wrong
All bits of of me work perfectly
Until I try to sing a song
When others sing happy birthday
You wonder why I shut my mouth
And why I have bought thirty bras
Because some parts start going south
The heart is an amazing thing
Goes tick-tock like a wound-up clock
Runs the whole body happily
Till it decides enough, I'll stop
I'll sleep in - I don't need an alarm
At six a.m. I wake, sadder
I haven't yet had eight hours sleep
I'm woken by my busy bladder
Somewhere between distand childhood
And the fast race towards old age
My whole body goes out of tune
It's lost and sings from the wrong page
A baby learns to walk and run
It learns to crawn, ignores a fall
Maybe Alzheimer's a blessing
So the old don't worry at all
No, when your step is unsteady
Just shrug it off and then maybe
The world will stay a happy place
Meet challenges like a baby.
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