NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
| A flood of New Year resolutions Won't fill my mind with fear I make the same old resolutions I pledge them every year I won't make resolutions That I know will wear me down I don't want to greet the new year With a very worried frown I won't submit to resolutions That will make each day a test I just resolve that I will try To do my very best I won't make old resolutions That I know I'll break again I don't need the guilt of failure I don't need the conscience pain And if there's things I want to change Well, I don't think it's a crime If I don't make resolutions I'll take them one step at a time Some set health resolutions To quit smoking or lose weight And if resolutions work for you I think that's really great But if these things bother you And make your life so drear Why wait for new year resolutions? You should have worked on them last year Some seek personal improvement To break through their old frontier They can attain all they are seeking But their resolve must be sincere I will never be 'perfection' Because I'm just a simple man So I won't make foolish pledges I'll just do the best I can Some will make a resolution To forge a new career I hope success in their endeavour Will be theirs this coming year If I have pleasures I enjoy That don't cause others strife Then I won't give up these pleasures I intend to live my life Resolutions are traditional They seem to fill the New Year 'cup' And just to pledge a resolution Some invent things to give up One bloke pledged he'd give up smoking And I laugh about it yet In all the years I'd known him He'd never smoked a cigarette My Aunty pledged to give up chocolate To trim her swelling hips She has an allergy to chocolate It has seldom passed her lips I have few resolutions But they're ones that I hold dear They are simple resolutions But I pledge them every year And because I'm far from perfect I don't need any more These are resolutions I can keep I've kept them all before I'll keep my love for Mother Nature And all creatures great and small And every decent human I'll offer friendship to them all The years fly by so quickly We've just one life to live I want to spread some joy and laughter In each day that I live My family is my greatest love There's so much that we share I will shower them with affection So they'll know how much I care I have two other resolutions And I wear them like a glove I will always keep my spirit free And my heart filled up with love I hope your dreams will find fulfilment And your lucky star will shine I hope good health is your companion All through two thousand and nine I hope all your resolutions Are those to which you can adhere I wish you peace and love and laughter And a wonderful new year K.D. Abbott © 2008 |
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