IF IT SHOULD BE.

If it should be that I grow frail and weak
And pain should keep me from my sleep
Then you must do what must be done
For this the last battle can't be won.

You will be sad I understand
Don't let this grief then stay your hand
For this day more than the rest
Your love and friendship stand the test.

We've had so many happy years
What is to come can hold no fears
You'd not want me to suffer so
When the time comes let me go.

Take me where my needs they'll tend
Only stay with me till the end
And hold me firm and speak to me
Until my eyes no longer see.

I know in time you too will see
It is a kindness you do to me
Though my tail its last has waved
From pain and suffering I've been saved.

Don't grieve that it should be you
Who has to decide this thing to do
We've been so close we two these years
Don't let your heart hold any tears.