This Is All I Ask - Caterina Valente

As I approach the prime of my life,

I find I have the time of my life

Learning to enjoy at my leisure

All the simple pleasures

And so I happily concede

That this is all I ask,

This is all I need

Soft spoken men

Speak a little softer when you speak… to me

Lingering sunsets,

Stay a little longer with the lonely sea

Children everywhere,

When you shoot at bad men… shoot at me

Take me to that strange… enchanted land

Grown-ups seldom understand

Wandering rainbows,

Leave a bit of color for my heart… to own

Stars in the sky,

Make my wish come true… before the night… has flown

And let the music play as long

As there’s a song to sing

And I will stay younger… than Spring

And let the music play as long

As there’s a song… to sing

And I will stay younger… than Spring