A Might I but live that I should live with might?
B And claim all for mine what there is to claim?
A Or should’st I dream by day and not by night?
B And take life day by day always the same?
B Might I but live with pleasure my sole aim?
C And live my own life how I’d like alone?
B Or should’st I shift my life beyond a game?
C And work and toil by day with gasp and groan?
C Might I but live for love of golden loans?
D And the sweet clink of coin upon cold coin?
C Or should’st I turn my thoughts to the unknown?
D And risk my life on what I don’t enjoin?
E But I will live for something more than this,
E That which guarantees love’s eternal bliss.
B And claim all for mine what there is to claim?
A Or should’st I dream by day and not by night?
B And take life day by day always the same?
B Might I but live with pleasure my sole aim?
C And live my own life how I’d like alone?
B Or should’st I shift my life beyond a game?
C And work and toil by day with gasp and groan?
C Might I but live for love of golden loans?
D And the sweet clink of coin upon cold coin?
C Or should’st I turn my thoughts to the unknown?
D And risk my life on what I don’t enjoin?
E But I will live for something more than this,
E That which guarantees love’s eternal bliss.