Part of "A Strange Thing To Say"

If I, one day, might also decide to need 
This special kind of service that this man provides, 
Oh, I will pray that my fate kindly agrees to the plot, 
And sends someone like this man to come and finish the job. 
Because I just cannot bear the foul and blasphemous thought 
That involves getting slain by some filthy amateur's hands. 

I know it must seem to you like the strangest thing to say, 
But in the winter of his presence I always felt warm and safe. 

I know that you must surely think me mad, 
But he's the most human friend that I ever had...