With a thankful, with a endless joy

With a growing family, every girl and boy

Will be nephew and niece to me

Nephew and niece to me

Will bring love, hope and peace to me

Love hope and peace to me

Yes, everyday will end and everyday will start

With a gratful prayer and a thankful heart



With an open smile and with open doors

I will greet welcome, and what's mine is yours

With a glass raised to toast your health

With a glass raised to toast your health

And a promise to share the wealth

Promise to share the wealth

I will sail a friendly course, file a friendly chart

On a sea of love and a thankful heart



Life is like a journey

Who knows when it ends?

Yes, and if you need to know the measure of a man you simply count his friends

Stop and look around you

The glory that you see

Is born again each day, don't let it slip away

How precious life can be



With a thankful heart that is wide awake

I do make this promise with every breath I take

Will be used now to sing your praise

Used now to sing your praise

And beg you to share my days

With a loving guarantee

That even if we part

I will hold you close in a thankful heart

I will hold you close in a thankful heart

In a thankful heart