[Verse]
            
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
        
garden of rose

s
            
And truly love

            
s you long aft

    
er our curtain

 closes


           
But will you s

              
till love me w

    
hen nobody
            
wants me aroun

d?
           
When I turn 81

     
 and forget th

ings, will 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 suppos

          
ed to, girl, o

    
h


           
But will you s

              
till love me w

    
hen nobody
           
wants me aroun

d, around?
           
When I turn 81

       
 and forget th

ings, will you
           
still be proud

?


            
Proud of me an

      
d my short lis

t of
           
accomplishment

  
s, say
            
And me and my 

           
lack of new ne

ws
           
Me and my self

             
ishness, oh, m

#       
e and myself
            
Wish you nothi

            
ng but a happy

      
 new version o

f you
          
Because I, I m

         
mm, 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", yea

h
           
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