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By



Richard P. Haesche



In spite of all the torment

And all the cares and strain,

Life's just one long highway

That passes by with pain.



Grief and sadness play their parts

with all their little hurts,

And misery's just like company,

That always comes in spurts.



Life just ambles on...



It's blind to people, young or old,

And knows not fame or glory,

It picks you up and puts you down

Like a never-endin' story.



You wander down it's highway

Avoidin' every rut.

Misfortune hits you once or twice

And leaves you bruised and cut.



Life just ambles on, brother...



It doesn't care just where it goes,

It knows no-body's name

It deals you from the bottom

And you know you've lost the game.



You find yourself a pretty girl

And take her for your wife

And then before you know she's gone

To live some other life.



Yeah, man, life just ambles on...



Life smiles at you quite tender,

At times it can be sweet,

But it always seems to end up

In another big defeat.



Like a river goin' no-where,

Or a freight train whizzin' by

Or in the blue a fleecy cloud

That's floatin' up so high.



Life just keeps amblin' by...



Just what's it have to offer?

A love, a laugh or two?

Before you're drowned in sorrow

To start again...anew?



Ain't no-one's life much different

Not his... not hers... not mine,

It just keeps amblin' 'til the end

In rain... in snow... in shine.



How life keeps amblin' by...



Life's a kinda purgatory,

And Judgement musta passed,

So please dear God, have mercy

And let mine go by fast.



Let it always hurry on

Like wind upon my sails

And let the next stop Heaven be

From a train on golden rails.



For life just ambles on...