The Ticket

I got a ticket - the ticket's got a number on it
And that number tells me when it's my time

I had a dream - I came up with a scheme
And I had a feeling everything would work out fine

Then I got a girl - that girl is my world
She say's she'll love me forever
She makes me happy as can be

And we got a boy - we embarrass him with stories
But when he's in his forties
He'll remember them and smile

And I was flying high, so high in the sky
Way above the water where the danger lies

And as I fly, I feel so alive
Way above the sea just flying free

One day my bones started aching, I saw my hands start shaking
And all the goals I'd been chasing started slipping away

Then I got the feeling - there seemed to be no more reason
To maintain my breathing so I just let go

And all the time I was falling, I was falling so slow
Out of the blue toward the water below

And as I fall I feel so alone
Alone in the free I want to go home

But I was given a ticket, that ticket has a number on it
And that number tells me when it's my time

And I've got a girl, that girl is my world
She's loved me forever and I don't want to let her go

And now our boy has a boy, I want to tell him my stories
Of his father's past glories and embarrass him as well