"This Is All I Ask" — Gordon Jenkins' 1958 modest request.
Writer(s): jenkins
As I approach the prime of my life
I find I have the time of my life
Learning to enjoy at my leasure
All the simple pleasure
And so I happily concede
This is all I ask
This is all I need
Beautiful girl, walk a little slower when you walk by me
Lingering sunset, stay a little longer with the lonely sea
Children everywhere, when you shoot at bad men, shoot at me
Take me to that strange enchanted land
Grownups seldom understand
Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color for my heart to own
Stars in the sky, make my wish come true
Before the night has flown
And let the music play as long as theres a song to sing
Then I will stay younger than spring
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- Written by Gordon Jenkins in 1958. The modest request — just a beautiful girl, just peace of mind, just familiar music — from a man old enough to have reduced his requirements to what matters. Sinatra's recording made the simplicity sound like wisdom.