Mrs. Murphy slipped and fell The poor girl broke her shoulder Man it's hard to watch someone you love Growing older She sits with me and talks of things She wishes she had done It took 60 years to learn that youth Is wasted on the young Mrs. Murphy married at the height of the depression Now gray and wise with cloudy eyes She offers up suggestion On helpful ways of living life Based on Ecclesiastes Like build your house on solid ground There's nothing new that's lasting Oooo the rich will worry Oooo and fools will hurry Oooo don't make promises You can never keep Patience over pride The righteous welcome sleep This is goodnight Mrs. Murphy says she wants to live to be a hundred She says be grateful for each day on Earth Cause soon you're six feet under And dead for longer than you live So take what I am giving You're younger than you'll ever be And life is still worth living. Oooo the rich will worry Oooo and fools will hurry Oooo don't make promises You can never keep Patience over pride The righteous welcome sleep This is goodnight Be faithful to the king Patience over pride The righteous welcome sleep This is goodnight Ahhhh