All I Ask

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All I Ask is a song that we, ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s) originally wrote for Sir Cliff Richard. I was invited by his personal secretary to send songs to him after a song I co-wrote opened the Hallmark Movie Channel’s 2018 film ‘Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane’ starring Alicia Witt and Colin Ferguson that was watched by an estimated 82 million viewers and was repeated over 50 times over the 2018 and 2019 Christmas holiday periods, but because of the Coronavirus the song was unable to be considered for Cliff’s now cancelled 2020 UK tour. The song now appears on our album BELIEF and the song was released by us as a single on 2 February 2020 and can be downloaded on iTunes HERE, Spotify HERE, Apple Music HERE, Deezer HERE, Google Play HERE and also on Bandcamp HERE.
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All I Ask Lyrics
I’m just a poor boy
There was nothing I could do
I never had a chance, unlike you
I worked so hard all my days
The money I earned was spent before I got paid

All I ask when my day is done
Is that I’ll be remembered with affection by everyone
All I ask when my day is done
Is that I’ll be remembered with affection by everyone

Yeah, I made enemies along the road
I’ve seen so many stories still to be told
If I’ve done wrong then please forgive
We never know how long we get to live

I’ve known love for most of my time
Been through dark tunnels along the line
Been through times they were good and were bad
I’ve been happy and I’ve been sad

But all I ask when my day is done
Is that I’ll be remembered with affection by everyone
All I ask when my day is done
Is that I’ll be remembered with affection, with affection

I tried not to hurt anyone
At one time I followed The Son
Never forget we’re made of dust
To dust we’ll return when we must

I wanna live for as long as I can
But the truth is that I’m just a man
I’ll accept my fate when the time comes
And my soul will fly up towards the sun

All I ask, all I ask when my day is done
That I’ll be remembered with affection by everyone
All I ask when my day is done
Is that I’ll be remembered with affection by everyone, with affection

Music composed and performed by Paul Odiase BMI No. 1252265 (Switzerland)
Song lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode 383808FR
ISRC QZFZ22028788
UPC: 195068325490