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YA GIT OLDER
Ya git older and realize
All this stuff you have
Is a burden
That holds you back
From what really
Counts
As your back ache mounts
Ya git older and see
All these clothes you have
Is a oxymoron in fashion
Because if you save it long enough
It will come back in style
Somewhere down the long mile
Ya git older and hear
All this music you have
While more and more
Comes on and you listen
To the same thing that was
Sang before
Now sang in a different way
Ya git older and touch
All these keys
On this computer
Tickling the T's and Y's
Bringing maybe laughter
Then you sometimes cry
Because your babies are gone
While you are left alone
Life goes on and on
Ya git older and smell
All the green grass growing
Taller than you can keep up with
Mowing and
As soon you know
Dry season will come again
As you remember
You never wanted Spring to end
Ya get older and taste
All the flavors of youth
Cussing and at times uncouth
And you want the flavor anyway
Just a sip of what the young
May realize
As they gulp down life
Filling their stomachs
To the brim
While you know
Ya git older
Ya git bolder
Ya git wrinkles
Ya git crinkles
Ya git 'em in your back
Ya git a pain attack
Ya git weak
Ya git God
Ya git nature
Ya git to be odd
Ya git to write poetry
Ya git to not give a damn
Ya git boys calling you mam
Ya git to party
Ya get loud and hardy
Ya get to be you
When ya git older
You're still livin'
All your life through.
5/20/2011 2301 PDT cj
All this stuff you have
Is a burden
That holds you back
From what really
Counts
As your back ache mounts
Ya git older and see
All these clothes you have
Is a oxymoron in fashion
Because if you save it long enough
It will come back in style
Somewhere down the long mile
Ya git older and hear
All this music you have
While more and more
Comes on and you listen
To the same thing that was
Sang before
Now sang in a different way
Ya git older and touch
All these keys
On this computer
Tickling the T's and Y's
Bringing maybe laughter
Then you sometimes cry
Because your babies are gone
While you are left alone
Life goes on and on
Ya git older and smell
All the green grass growing
Taller than you can keep up with
Mowing and
As soon you know
Dry season will come again
As you remember
You never wanted Spring to end
Ya get older and taste
All the flavors of youth
Cussing and at times uncouth
And you want the flavor anyway
Just a sip of what the young
May realize
As they gulp down life
Filling their stomachs
To the brim
While you know
Ya git older
Ya git bolder
Ya git wrinkles
Ya git crinkles
Ya git 'em in your back
Ya git a pain attack
Ya git weak
Ya git God
Ya git nature
Ya git to be odd
Ya git to write poetry
Ya git to not give a damn
Ya git boys calling you mam
Ya git to party
Ya get loud and hardy
Ya get to be you
When ya git older
You're still livin'
All your life through.
5/20/2011 2301 PDT cj
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