Give me a friend worth having

Give me strength for helping

Give me a day when the sun shone

On which the good walk this earthly home

Give me a song worth singing,
Through the pouring rain the sky is bringing;
Give me a day totally bereft of misfortune,
When the stars all danced through heaven in tune.

Give me a husband gentle to his wife,
Give me a friend who would give his very life
Give me a king filled with nothing but princely virtue,
Who would give away his palace for me and for you.

Give me truth unburdened by lies
Give me a young lovers' innocent sighs,
Untainted by all the greed of the senses,
Like a heart seen through rose tinted lenses.

Give me something worth living for,
A world that is the way it was before
But as tempted as I am to ask of you I finally resist,
Because I know you cannot give me what does not exist.