| Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better | |
| To paint a picture or write a letter, | |
| Bake a cake or plant a seed, | |
| Ponder the difference between want and need? | |
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| Dust if you must, but there's not much time, | 5 |
| With rivers to swim and mountains that climb, | |
| Music to hear and books to read, | |
| Friends to cherish and life to lead. | |
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| Dust if you must, but the world's out there, | |
| With the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair, | 10 |
| A flutter of snow, a shower of rain. | |
| This day will not come around again. | |
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| Dust if you must, but bear in mind, | |
| Old age will come and it's not kind. | |
| And when you go - and go you must - | 15 |
| You, yourself, will make more dust. | |
