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
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
SOMETIMES I SEE ME
AS AN 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 SHOULDERS
BUT THAT'S HOW IT GOES
RIGHT TO THE END
THOUGH HIS BODY'S
QUITE FLEXIBLE
THAT BARNACLE
BRAIN DON'T BEND
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
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 NIGHT LIFE STILL WINS
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...