I'll be the on

              
e that stays '

         
till the end
              
And I'll be th

            
e one that nee

       
ds you again
              
And I'll be th

           
e one that pro

/         
poses in a gar

     
den of roses
            
And truly love

             
s you long aft

   
er our curtain

 closes
            
But will you s

              
till love me w

              
hen nobody wan

       
ts me around?
            
When I turn ei

              
ghty-one and f

              
orget things w

              
ill you still 

   
be proud?

              
'Cause I am th

             
e one that's w

           
aited this lon

g
             
And I am the o

             
ne that might 

       
get it wrong
              
And I'll be th

             
e one that wil

          
l love you the

       
 way I'm suppo

            
sed to, girl  

    
   mhmmmm

            
But will you s

              
till love me w

              
hen nobody wan

      
ts me around, 

around?
            
When I turn ei

              
ghty-one and f

              
orget things, 

              
will you still

    
 be proud?

             
Proud of me an

          
d my short lis

         
t of accomplis

        
hments,    say
            
And me and my 

           
lack of new ne


ws
         
Me and my self

            
ishness, oh me

/    
 and myself
            
Wish you nothi

             
ng but a happy

     
 new version o

f you
          
Because I,    

        
I      mmm,   

           
   mmm,   yeah
            
I want you to 

          
tell me you fi

             
nd it hard to 

         
be yourself so

 
 I can say
      
"It's gonna be

   
 alright"
            
And I want you

            
 to love me th

           
e way you love

      
 your family
            
The way you lo

      
ve to show me 

                
what it's like
          
To be happy