Guess I thought this time of life would be different
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Thought I could cruise into my golden years
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But I just can't seem to put my mind at rest
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'cause I don't believe my eyes, I don't believe my ears
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The willful ignorance across the nation
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The screaming yahoos that rage on every station
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It makes me crazy
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And I'm too old for this
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Folks in this country used to strive to be better
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Work to be smarter so they could understand
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Now we idolize the clueless and the mean
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It's hip to be stupid - just wear the right brand
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I sound like a geezer but it's a disgrace
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Try to discuss it and they get all in your face
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It's raining morons
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I'm too old for this
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Too old to see the lack of compassion
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Too old to watch it go out of fashion
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So easy just to condescend and smirk
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When I know I've got to do the work
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So I do what I have to do
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Fancy churches preaching hate thy neighbor
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Corporate lies growing louder every day
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Folks too scared to know they're being taken
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TV news is poison but we just can't turn away
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Too many enemies - almost no friends
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Read your history - this is how it always ends
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It's sad and ugly
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I'm too old for this
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Too old to watch the men we elected
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Sit on their hands when it's change we expected
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So hard to keep the bigotry out of my head
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So hard not to wish some people dead
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I got to keep a hold on myself
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Don't want this anger - got to stay clear
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Too much to do before I get out of here
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I still believe in peace
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I'm too old for this
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Too old to be a knee-jerk reactor
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Too old to let my judgment be a factor
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Dylan said do not go gentle into that good night
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He said rage against the dying of the light
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But I don't wanna fight
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I'll stick with love - beautiful thunder
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Someone who keeps his cool always makes 'em wonder
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I'll work to search out the best part of me that I can
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And maybe find some kinda better man
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Then I'll do what I have to do
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I'm Too Old For This
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Christopher Cross |