D G Fifty-two years you have been devoted to me D A You have accepted it all, with no pay D G Now our time is shorter, I begin to see D A D You are the one who put us where we are today. D G My years on the road, making the sales D A Wouldnt have happened...at all D G Without your care,... keeping the kids between the rails D A D You raised them, balanced the books, never dropped the ball D G Now we are both over seventy and on our way D A You are still keeping us steady, making your lists D G So, where do we have to go and do today? D A Giving me the time to seek my inter(D ests D G Marty, Stu, and our pretty Lee Ann D A Seven (count them) Grand Children, top it all D G Never would have happened without God and your ---plan D A D I know I am very lucky, to be your old man.