I don't want to live like this

I didn't think it would end this way
I didn't think I'd feel so alone
with my body failing
and everything ailing
living in an old folks home
oh Jesus please release me
from time's cold and angry fist
I don't want to live like this, Lord
I don't want to live like this

it hurts now to remember
the promise of when I was young
I was only a child
my daydreams grew wild
laughter was my native tongue
now I'm at the end of my trail
thinking of all that I've missed
I don't want to live like this, Lord
I don't want to live like this

          give me a song
          amazing grace
          lift me up
          and over this place
          I believe my race
          has been run
          
I don't want to breathe anymore
I feel like my lungs will collapse
I'm thinking today
should be far, far away
I want to be part of the past
take mercy on me, Jesus
put me on St. Peter's list
I don't want to live like this, Lord
I don't want to live like this
I'm grateful for all you have given
now take me so I can rest
I don't want to live like this, Lord
I don't want to live like this