Livin' with my back against the wall nowhere but forward to fall I close my eyes somebody catch my breath oh my Lord let's get on board the ride's gonna scare me to death Don't wanna leave before my time is done don't wanna stick around when my race is run don't wanna go before they call my dance don't wanna die askin' for another chance Come help me poor Richard won't you help me raise a glass here's to me and here's to you may your dreams all come to pass cruel trick of time is played in the wink of an eye heaven's above don't need no shove the years go sailin by Another game of chance a lifetime come and gone I guess it's up to me don't wanna sing another man's song I wanna say what Grandma said lying on her dying bed Yea I've been cheated, mistreated I don't have to say that yet