Go

You were a small child

Your whole life before

A mother and a father

Who you adored

Baby songs and flowers

Every day you grow

Then Jesus came and he said "Go"

You were a teenager

Your whole life before

Your future burning bright

With dreams and goals to score

With teenage songs and fashion trends

Dressing up in clothes

Then Jesus came and he said "Go"

You were in you twenties

Most of you life before

You studied and worked hard

Your future looked assured

But then you drove your car too quick

When you should've drove it slow

Then Jesus came and he said "Go"

You were in your thirties

More than half your life before

A wife, a family, a job

You felt self-assured

Well, you loved art and culture

Music it did flow

Then Jesus came and he said "Go"

Well you were in your forties

In your heart you still felt young

The future still before you

Though solemnly half-sung

So much still to do

Your talent to show

Then Jesus came and said "Go"

Well you were in your fifties

The sun, it still burned bright

Though you start to feel the darkness

Of eternal night

And the candle starts to flicker

And the ending starts to show

And then Jesus came and he said "Go"

Well you were in your sixties

And the autumn leaves the fall

Your grandchildren visit you

On you they do call

You look back on your life

The melancholy grows

Then Jesus comes and says "Go"

Well you were in your seventies

It's time to retire

And now you think another day

And you will expire

So when that fateful day arrives

You can say "Hello!"

When Jesus comes and says "Go"