Older Lyrics - David Wilcox

from Unreleased 

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I grow older. 

Getting wiser, everyday. 

'Cause when I fall down now 

I don't jump back up. 

I let 'em count to eight. 

Slower. 

Getting slower. 

I have lost a step or two. 

It's time to face the facts. 

Buy a pair of plaid slacks 

'n sit around like old guys do. 

'Cause when I go out late at night 

To have a beer 

I sit and wonder why my friends aren't here. 

Is this a joke on me? 

They're all home playing with their families. 

I am the oldest person in this bar 

And I am drinking with children on a field trip to observe me in 

my habitat. 

Quiet. 

It's so quiet 

In my house 

when I get home 

I got three mean fish, 

And a yellow dog. 

I do not live alone. 

When I close my eyes at night 

I feel so small 

Like I never really loved at all. 

'Cause if I did I'd have some proof. 

Another life or two beneath my roof. 

It's just a bad recurring dream I have 

When I suspect I have misspent my youth. 

Could have fooled me too. 

Childish. 

It's so childish 

To resist the dying light. 

But I'm still the same. 

Some things never change. 

I wanna stay up all night. 

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