Never Act Your Age

They say I'm too old for this Nobody wants me to sing the blues I never learned to rap, dance or even dress And I can't pull off these shoes Forty fifty times I been around the block And not a signpost up ahead I found another way to turn around the clock I think I'll sleep it off when I'm dead Sisyphus, help me raise the rock And at the top, let's have a beer Another midlife crisis aftershock It could be all downhill from here But closer to the bottom, I'll be speeding up Every second feel more alive Be anything I want if I can dream it up Ya see my soul's still 25 I feel hipper, a little hyper I've been asleep for far too long I'm Peter Pan and the Pied Piper Y'all should learn to sing my song I have come to elucidate you You can watch me shed my skin You will find that it's never to late to Realize what you might have been Not saying that I got all the answers Not saying that I've got a plan I live life for a few second chances And learning how to be just who I am I say it's about the intention I say you can be redeemed You can be the master of reinvention And count your days by your dreams Never act your age, because that's just a number 'Til we all lie dead, no solace, sleep or slumber Never act your age, your spirit's aiming higher Count it, 3-2-1, on a rocket heading skyward Millennials put away your phones Take your heads out of your screen We cannot wait around until you're feeling grown Ya prob'ly don't know what I mean It's time to step up, step out and take a stand We can meet up in the street Together we can finally stick it to the man With no surrender, no retreat I feel hipper, a little hyper I've been asleep for far too long I'm Peter Pan and the Pied Piper You should learn to sing this song I have come to elucidate you You can watch me shed my skin You will find that it's never to late to Realize what you might have been I'm not saying that I've got all the answers I'm just saying that you've come this far Live your life for a few second chances And learning how to be just who you are I say it's about the intention I say you can be redeemed You can be the master of reinvention And count you days by your dreams Never act your age, because that's just a number 'Til we all lie dead, no solace, sleep or slumber Never act your age, your spirit's aiming higher Count it, 3-2-1, on a rocket heading skyward