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I hate to see you lying there in intensive care,
More helpless than a babe without its mother.
Your cleaning lady cries “Breakfast’s ready,”
If anything was going to wake you up that would have.
You’ve always been as humble as a lion,
You’ve brought dreams in to blood and bone ,
You’ve soared above reality like an eagle,
The clouds of heaven you have made your home.
It only seems like yesterday that we were flying high,
Above the pyramids of Cairo in a sun filled sky.
It only seems like yesterday that we were sipping champagne ,
Getting high on the bubbles
And Talking about the meaning of life in a Swiss chalet.

But now reality has reared its ugly head,
And the weak link in the chain has broken,
And now your life is at the mercy of these beeping machines,
And the last word that you said has been spoken.

No longer do you need food,
No longer do you need your body,
No longer do you need money,
Your work is done.
No longer do you need food,
No longer do you need your body,
No longer do you need money,
Your time has come.

I hate to see you lying there in intensive care,
More helpless than a babe without its mother.
Maybe theres just been a horrible mistake and you’ve come to the wrong hotel,
Missed the turnoff to the Savoy in the peak hour traffic.

But now reality has reared its ugly head,
And the weak link in the chain has broken,
And now your life is at the mercy of these beeping machines,
And the last word that you said has been spoken.

No longer do you need food,
No longer do you need your body,
No longer do you need money your work is done.
No longer do you need food no longer do you need your body,
No longer do you need money,
Your time has come.

The machines have gone quiet,
Your face has got from pink to white,
Your body’s gone from warm to cold and you’re not even old.
All I hear is silence all I feel is love,
All I know is you’ll keep on inspiring me
Until we next meet in the house of eternity.