She comes here everyday This little lady with hair of grey And she just smiles and shuffles On her way Through these hospital corridors She walks along these lonely floors To a bed Where an old man used to lay And an old man used to say I'm in the summer of my life I've seen the good times I've seen the strife I've just been under the surgeon's knife Please don't cry, my darling wife He came here a year ago And the doctors didn't know If the time for him to go Was near But when it came And he went to sleep She prayed the Lord His soul to keep And as she closed her eyes to weep It seemed that she could hear I'm in the summer of my life I've seen the good times I've seen the strife I've just been under the surgeon's knife Please don't cry, my darling wife She'll sit there for many hours And repeat her marriage vows And place it there, the sweetest flowers in bloom She sits by that empty bed Her weary eyes are wet and red And the words that he once said Still echo through the room I'm in the summer of my life I've seen the good times I've seen the strife I've just been under the surgeon's knife Please don't cry, my darling wife 'Cause you and I, we've had some fun And our love has touched everyone And in the light of the moon and sun You and I have been as one