The doctor said with joy
A healthy baby boy
October 4th of 1925
His parents had a plan
He'd live a better life
He'd be a man of means
Who knows he might go really far
And then the days slipped by
And turned into years
And many pages turned
In the story of his life
He took a detour through a war
That cast a shadow across his soul
October 4th of 1944
Stories he would never tell
So he had to write them down
Keep them captive
On Veterans Day he pulls them out
It's a cleansing of his soul
And the freeing of his mind
He didn't change the world
But he eventually met a girl
Their child would be his only legacy
And so he cried to God
Well it's not what I had planned
And there's one more thing I'll never understand
How did the days slip by
Why did they turn into years
How many pages did you get
For the story of your life
Call it what you will
Name it tragedy
But in the end he just looks back and smiles
It's just his life