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