Man of The Ages

Tennessee's fine but Kentucky's preferred A double straight up and not to be Disturbed When I first came here I was Was just a lad Down In Gettysburg just me Me and my dad Then the days didn't seem short No problems or bills to sort And the nights lasted all day A man of the ages would say Some years had passed when I I had returned With my fiancée to old Gettysburg Walked passed the toy shop I I used to go No longer the boy that I I used to know But the days, weren't that short Minimal problems to sort And the nights lasted all day A man of the ages would say That the days, they're growing short Filled with more problems to sort And the nights feel like the days A man of the ages would say Now I'm a Dad with 2 kids of my own Made some money bought a house and took a loan I brought my son back to old Gettysburg Swallowed two bourbons and Wrote down these words That the days, they're growing short Filled with more problems to sort And the nights feel like the days A man of the ages would say