With a parachute Knowing that he might die He was standing there right in front of me Listening while I sing He should know now much he's given me Where do I begin Old man you've been blessed A life with tears and with happiness Who you met, who you loved Your story needs to be told There ain't much you've missed Some were killed and some were kissed From Singapore to London You hitchhiked in nineteen sixty nine In nineteen sixty nine Some of the countries he was stationed In have ever since even changed their name Where the weather was hot and where it was cold He'd go where ever he was told Had a beautiful girl in Sweden By the look in his eyes She must have been nice Wonders sometimes how his life would have been If he had stayed with her He was standing there right in front of me Listening while I sing He should know now much he's given me Where do I begin Old man you've been blessed A life with tears and with happiness Who you met, who you loved Your story needs to be told There ain't much you've missed Some were killed and some were kissed From Singapore to London You hitchhiked in nineteen sixty nine Old man you've been blessed A life with tears and with happiness Who you met, who you loved Your story needs to be told There ain't much you've missed Some were killed and some were kissed From Singapore to London You hitchhiked in nineteen sixty nine