Looking in the mirror
and you don't look
the same
Girls from your past
getting new last names
High school friends
burning out
like their cigarettes
Guess that's what happens
the older you get
Start to wish you
could've been 16 forever
'Cause you know
your favorite band
ain't getting back together
And the nights
you don't remember
are the nights that
you'll never forget
Guess that's what happens
the older you get
Oh that's just
the way it goes oh
And oh that's just
the way it goes oh
Life's going good
but you wonder
what's after
'Cause dad's moving slower
and time's moving faster
You hug a little tighter
and you say
the things
you never said
Guess that's what happens
Sometimes the cancer
goes away and
sometimes it don't
So now when
your mama calls
you always pick up
the phone
And you talk
a little longer
'cause tomorrow is not
a sure bet oh oh
Oh that's just
the way it goes oh
And oh that's just
the way it goes oh
Guess that's what happens
the older you get
oh oh
The house you
grew up in is
now getting sold
In a box
full of memories
that's worth more
than gold
You close your eyes
one last time
in your childhood bed
Guess that's what happens
what happens oh
Home was a place
now home
is a person
And you're looking
at rings 'cause you
swear that you're certain
And the best day
of your life
becomes the day
that the two
of you met
Guess that's what happens
the older you get
Oh that's just
the way it goes oh
And oh that's just
the way it goes oh
And oh that is just
the way it goes
whoa oh oh
And oh that is just
the way it goes