With a thankful heart and an endless joy
With a growing family, every girl and boy
Will be nephew and niece to me (Nephew and niece to him)
Will bring love, hope and peace to me (Love, hope and peace to him)
Yes and every night will end, and every day will start
With a greatful prayer and a thankful heart
With an open smile and with open doors
I will bid you well, what is mine is yours
With a glass raised to toast your health (With a glass raised to toast your health)
And a promise to share the wealth (Promise to share the wealth)
I will sail a friendly course, file a friendly chart
A sea of love and a thankful heart
Life is like a jouney, who knows when it ends?
Yes and if you need to know the measure of a man
You simply count his friends
Stop and look around you, the glory that you see
Is born again each day, don't let is slip away
How precious life can be
With a thankful heart that is wide awake
I do make this promise, every breath I take
Will be used now to sing your praise (Used now to sing your praise)
And to beg you to share my days (Beg you to share my days)
With a loving guarantee that even if we part
I will hold you close in a thankful heart
I will hold you close in a thankful heart
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