Henry's Songbook

This is a song for all the good people
All the good people I've known in my life
This is a song for all the good people
The people I'm thanking my stars for tonight

This is a song for all my companions
Who knew what I needed was something they had
Food on the table, a heart that was able
Able to keep me just this side of sad

This is a song for all the good travellers
Who passed through my life as they moved along
The ramblers, the thinkers, the just-one-more drinkers
Each took the time to sing me a song

And this is a song for all the good singers
The songs and the music, the jokes good and bad
We sang in the kitchen, had no competition
Each knowing the other was a good friend to have

Some helped in small ways, some helped me always
Some cheered me on when I ran out of fight
Many a dear friend, though a one-time-a-year friend
I know they would come if I called them tonight

(Occasional extra verse)
This is a verse for all of those people
All of those people who screwed up my life
Some by intention, some by invention
Some I can't mention because of my wife