My Epitaph
By Terry Lynch

For Annie, JD's children and John Denver's  fans.


(chorus -- repeat at end)
When my life is done and I am gone
It will be as it's just begun
In the hearts and minds of those who love
A love song that has been well sung

I'm a dreamer of what might be
And I believe in building of dreams
We all can be what we dream to be
If first we dream, the build our dreams.

Life is for living not preying to live forever
We are blessed with only so much time
Soon it will be gone in what seems a flash
Then all that will be left is ashes and dust.

But that ashes can be diamonds, that dust gold
If each day we chase a rainbow
If each evening we watch a sunset
If each night we count the stars love making.

I'm not an angel, and surely not a saint
God is a wonderment, the ferment of the universe
Life is what I live from day to day
The dreams I dream, the songs I weave.

When I am gone let this be my epitaph
That he chased the light of heart, mind and soul
And lives in the sunshine of every heart
That knows the love of man and woman.

When my life is done and I am gone
It will be as it's just begun
In the hearts and minds of those who love
A love song that has been well sung

Terry Lynch
16 Oct. 1997

Remarks:  This song was written after listening to JD's songs and
seeing an interview with Annie, JD's wife, where she said her
favorite JD song was Perhaps Love





Copyright ©  1997 by Terry Lynch.  All Rights Reserved.