This Is All I Ask - Artist: Tony Bennett as sung on "Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits, Vol. III" Columbia CL 2313 - peak Billboard position # 70 in 1963 Also charted in 1963 by Burl Ives at # 63 - Words and Music by Gordon Jenkins As I approach the prime of my life I find I have the time of my life Learning to enjoy at my leisure All the simple pleasures And so I happily concede That this is all I ask This is all I need