Growing Older But Not Up Lyrics - Encores - Jimmy Buffett

By: Jimmy Buffett 

1980 

For all those who don't feel as old as they are and never will 

I rounded first never thought of the worst 

As I studied the shortstop's position 

Crack went my leg like the shell of an egg 

Someone call a decent physician 

I'm no Pete Rose, I can't pretend 

Though my mind is quite flexible, these brittle bones don't bend 

Chorus: 

I'm growing older but not up 

My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck 

Let those winds of time blow over my head 

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead 

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Sometimes I see me as old manatee 

Headin' south as the waters grow colder 

Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near 

It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder 

But that's how it goes (that's how it goes), right to the end 

Though his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend 

Chorus: 

I'm growing older but not up 

My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck 

Let those winds of time blow over my head 

I'd rather die while I'm livin' than live while I'm dead 

(instrumental) 

Now don't get me wrong 

This is not a sad song 

Just events that I have happened to witness 

And time takes its toll as we head for the poll 

And no one dies from physical fitness 

So what the hell, we'll take it right to the end 

As the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins 

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Chorus: 

I'm growing older but not up 

My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck 

Let those winds of change blow over my head 

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead 

Let those winds of time blow over my head 

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead