Lori McKenna - People Get Old Lyrics
[Verse 1]Someone said "Youth is wasted on the young"I spilled ever y last drop of time that summer in the sunMy daddy had a Timex watchCigarette in his hand and a mouthful of scotchSpinnin' me around like a tilt-a-whirl on his arm[Chorus 1]Houses need paint, winters bring snowKids, come on in before your supper gets coldCollection plates and daddy's billfoldAnd that's how it goesYou live long enough, people get old[Verse 2]I sat up right beside him in the cabin of that truckGoin' thirty miles-an-hour down a side road talkin' 'bout the fish we caughtAnd I'm older now than he was thenIf I could go back in time, I would in a secondTo his beat-up blue jeans and a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off[Chorus 2]Houses need paint, winters bring snowKids growin' up and seekin' out the windowHittin' every small-town dirt roadAnd that's how it goesYou live long enough and people get oldYeah, people get old[Verse 3]Daddy keeps busy in the aftenoons playin' cards by himselfAnd he shouldn't be shovelin' that first snow, but you know he won't take the helpFull of pride and love, he don't say too much but hell, he never didAnd you still think he's forty-five and he still thinks that you're a kid[Verse 4]One day you'll find yourself sayin' the things that he saidYou'll be walkin' down the hallway, turnin' off every light switchWhen you twirl your kids in your armsBefore you know it, it won't take too longThey'll be runnin' off makin' a life just like you did[Chorus 3]Houses need paint, winters bring snowNothin' says "love" like a band of goldBabies grow up and houses get soldAnd that's how it goesTime is a thief, pain is a giftThe past is the past, it is what it isEvery line on your face tells a story somebody knowsThat's just how it goesYou live long enough and the people you love get old
