Digressions

I came, I saw, I conquered and never borrowed

The pride within my heart was never swallowed

I think I'd better lay my head and rest

But when I think about my life, I digress

It’s not just that I don't know where I'm going

It’s that I always want to remember where I came from

All my memories are oak trees rooted deeply in my mind

But life is fleeting

We're all fleeting

I want to die with ambition and with purpose

But I want to live with humility and grace

And I hope my daughters grow to be just like my mother

With the strength and the intention of living each day

And I want to sing and laugh and cry and shout and sail all seven seas

And I want to climb to the peaks of mountains because I can

But most of all I want to teach my sons to be just like my father

And to hold their hearts higher than their heads

But this world, world, world we're living in

Seems to have no room

For you and me to breathe

But if you close your eyes and listen to

The world outside your head

You'll find that it's really not so bad after all

I came, I saw, I conquered, and never borrowed

The pride within my heart was never swallowed

I think I'd better lay my head and rest

But when I think about it all, all, all

I want to die with ambition and with purpose

But I want to live with humility and grace

And I hope my daughters grow to be just like my mother

With the strength and the intention of living each day

And I want to sing and laugh and cry and shout and sail all seven seas

And I want to climb to the peaks of mountains because I can

But most of all I want to teach my sons to be just like my father

And to hold their hearts higher than their heads