Here you are John. Mick Ryan has to be one of our best songwriters.
LOVE IS LIFE
Mick Ryan

A child is born a mother weeps
A mother smiles a mother sleeps
A weary watch a father keeps
And love is life
A child grows a child learns
A child goes a child returns
A river flows A river turns
And love is life

Chorus
Often cruel and often kind
A wise old fool clear sighted blind
Light and shadow on the mind
and Love is life

A child grows. A young man leaves.
 A father knows. A mother grieves.
A strong wind blows on fading leaves,
And Love is Life.
A son is home with tales to tell.
He is alone, but they can tell
The oldest tale has cast a spell,
And Love is Life.

And for a while it's in the air,
A silly smile, then black despair.
But when we're young we soon repair,
And Love is Life.
The circles turns, and life is fine.
For Life returns. The ancient vine
Gives up its fruit in sparkling wine,
And Love is Life.

But Time's a thief. The wind blows cold.
The days are brief. The father's old.
The oldest grief will soon unfold,
And Love is Life.
The old man goes. The woman weeps.
The woman knows. The woman sleeps.
Across the hill a shadow creeps,
And Love is Life.

But from the shade there comes a child.
New life is made. Old Death beguiled.
The father prayed. The mother smiled.
And Love is Life.
A child grows. A child learns.
A child goes. A child returns.
A river flows. A river turns.
And Love is Life.