Growing Old - The Origin

Take a walk downtown,

See the monkeys goin' round.

Full of pride and greed they try to tell me what’s going down.

Was it you who had your dreams deep in your soul?

Well I’ve got mine, yeah.

I’ll be the one to rock 'n' roll.

How many times have you lied outside

To make yourself feel fine?

How many times have you cried inside?

I’ll tell you I’m not growing old.

Frozen cold from sleep,

What once was there has sunken deep.

And the smile outside covers light like the ocean tide.

Planting seeds that blood all year and blossom wide,

Yields flowers so colorful they can’t be held down inside.

How many times have you lied outside

To make yourself feel fine?

How many times have you cried inside?

I’ll tell you I’m not growing old.