1UP

I nearly died in the Congo,

A few more days and that would have been it.

But then one random pain caused me to think again,

I got home before the worst of it hit.

Somebody gave me a 1UP,

Don’t know who, don’t know how, don’t know why,

But I’m sure gonna use it as best as I can,

And I promise I’ll never say die.

When I got back the pathway was rapid,

My diagnosis was quick to arrive,

A team was assembled, heroes they resembled,

Their mission to help me survive.

Because somebody gave me a 1UP,

Don’t know who, don’t know how, don’t know why,

But I’m sure gonna use it as best as I can,

And I promise I’ll never say die.

And now every day is a blessing,

Like before, though then I didn’t see,

I approach them with pleasure, for there’s no way to measure,

Why this gift has been handed to me.

Because somebody gave me a 1UP,

Don’t know who, don’t know how, don’t know why,

But I’m sure gonna use it as best as I can,

And I promise I’ll never say die.