My Autohagiography
I always tried to lend a hand
Unless my hands were tied
And I always tried to tell the truth
Except for when I lied
I didn't win the Nobel Prize
Or find the cure for cancer
I understood the question
But I didn't know the answer
I was not a gilded lily
Nor a diamond in the rough
I didn't seek perfection
Just to be good enough
I knew my limitations
I didn't need to be a hero
I just tried to find a value
Between infinity and zero
I wasn't a saint. I wasn't a sinner
I wasn't a loser. I wasn't a winner
I wasn't a prophet or the messiah
I wasn't a villain or a pariah
When all is said and done
There will be more to do and say
I had my moment in the sun
Now I'm old and in the way
And I hope that they'll be thinking
As they walk behind my hearse
I wasn't all I could have been
But I could have been much worse
Unless my hands were tied
And I always tried to tell the truth
Except for when I lied
I didn't win the Nobel Prize
Or find the cure for cancer
I understood the question
But I didn't know the answer
I was not a gilded lily
Nor a diamond in the rough
I didn't seek perfection
Just to be good enough
I knew my limitations
I didn't need to be a hero
I just tried to find a value
Between infinity and zero
I wasn't a saint. I wasn't a sinner
I wasn't a loser. I wasn't a winner
I wasn't a prophet or the messiah
I wasn't a villain or a pariah
When all is said and done
There will be more to do and say
I had my moment in the sun
Now I'm old and in the way
And I hope that they'll be thinking
As they walk behind my hearse
I wasn't all I could have been
But I could have been much worse
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Writer(s): Marc Lawrence Gordon
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