[Verse 1]
             
I'll be the on

e
              
That stays 'ti

        
ll the end
              
And I'll be th

  
e one
              
That needs you

   
 again
              
And I'll be th

             
e one that pro

 
poses
       
In a garden of

    
 ro - ses
            
And truly love

           
s you long aft

    
er our curtain

 closes

[Refrain]

But will you s

till love me
              
When nobody wa

       
nts me  -  aro

      
und
        
When I    -  t


urn 81 and for

get things
         
Will you still

#            
 be proud?

[Verse 2]
              
Cause I am the

  
 one
              
That waited th

   
is long
             
And I am the o


ne
              
That might get

    
 it wrong
              
And I'll be th

  
e one
           
That will love


 you
     
The way I'm su

          
pposed to, gir

    
l

[Refrain]

But will you s

till love me
            
When nobody wa

     
nts me around
     
When   I      


turn 81 and fo

rget things
         
Will you still

#              
 be proud?

[Verse 3]
             
Proud of me, o

          
f my short lis

       
t of accomplis

        
hments
         
Me and my lack

           
 of new news
          
Me and my self


ishness
     
Or me and myse

        
lf wish you no

            
thing but a ha

            
ppy new versio

     
n of you

[Verse 4]
          
'Cause I     -

               
     I
           
I want you to 

    
tell me you fi

             
nd it hard to 


be yourself so
            
I can say, "It

            
's gonna be al


right."
            
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

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