Since I've known you we've always been together
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And in that time the love we shared we vowed would last forever
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Yet marriage is a subject you approve
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Providing it has nothing whatsoever to do with you
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And much as I respect that view
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Have to state my case
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Though I'm far from being over-the-hill
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It occurs to me with each passing day
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That I'm not getting any younger
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God knows it wasn't my idea
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The years that used to take
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An eternity to make
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Are now passing at what seems like one a week
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If only we'd have met when I was your age
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Wouldn't have this awful fear I get when I leave your place
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You don't know how upsetting it can be
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To hear you talk of future plans
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None of which seem to include me
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Blue jeans and high heel boots are great
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Course I still wear mine quite a bit
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But it's now more apparent than ever before
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Despite keeping myself fairly fit
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That I'm not getting any younger
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Even those grey hairs are now starting to appear
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And there are lines under my eyes
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That never used to be this size
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Even though it could be due to lack of sleep
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3omething tells me that it's more to do with passing years
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At times I think perhaps it would be better
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If rather than go on this way
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Posted you a letter
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Explaining in great detail why I feel
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The way things are between us
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Suits you much more than it suits me
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You have you whole life ahead of you
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Well damn it I also have mine
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And unless I am by nature a freak
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There's no mistaking those deadly signs
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And I'm not getting any younger
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Look closely now and you will see
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The rebel in his teens
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Who thought all adults were obscene
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Is now somewhat disenchanted with the news
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That kids today have got no respect for his views
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And I'm not getting any younger
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Gone are those days when school reports were all I feared
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Now for the first time in my life
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I'm seeing something I don't like
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And am powerless to prevent from happening
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One day you'll find out for yourself just what I mean
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I'm Not Getting Any Younger
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| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
