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Jimmy Buffett |
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Miscellaneous |
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Growing Older But Not Up |
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1980 |
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For all those who don't feel as old as they are and never will |
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I rounded first never thought of the worst |
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As I studied the shortstop's position |
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Crack went my leg like the shell of an egg |
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Someone call a decent physician |
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I'm no Pete Rose, I can't pretend |
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Though my mind is quite flexible, these brittle bones don't bend |
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Chorus: |
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I'm growing older but not up |
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My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck |
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Let those winds of time blow over my head |
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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 |
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Headin' south as the waters grow colder |
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Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near |
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It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder |
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But that's how it goes (that's how it goes), right to the end |
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Though his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend |
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Chorus: |
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I'm growing older but not up |
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My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck |
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Let those winds of time blow over my head |
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I'd rather die while I'm livin' than live while I'm dead |
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(instrumental) |
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Now don't get me wrong |
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This is not a sad song |
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Just events that I have happened to witness |
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And time takes its toll as we head for the poll |
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And no one dies from physical fitness |
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So what the hell, we'll take it right to the end |
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As the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins |
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Chorus: |
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I'm growing older but not up |
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My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck |
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Let those winds of change blow over my head |
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I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead |
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Let those winds of time blow over my head |
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I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead |