Today will bring another change, in this old troubled world
In the field of life old man time, will plow another furrow
Around us things will happen, they once said never could be
But time and fate could never take, this joy away from me
For nothing can erase or take away this joy I have is mine
Though the battle rages long and hard, I'll stand and mark by time
Though his fiery darts may pierce me, I'll not once admit defeat
To hold the banner high til the day I die and make this joy of mine complete
Selfish hands reach out to grab, the things that I possess
Like blind man's hands they're reaching past, the key to real success
For only when a man is tired of this world its sin and its strife
Can he share with me this joy I have, and know eternal life
For nothing can erase or take away this joy I have is mine
Though the battle rages long and hard, I'll stand and mark by time
Though his fiery darts may pierce me, I'll not once admit defeat
To hold the banner high til the day I die and make this joy of mine complete