Rhatigan

Older

Rhatigan


As the years go by 
Policemen look younger 
Clothes sizes smaller 
Gin tastes better and better 
Problems get bigger 
Friendships grow deeper 
Lovers drift further and further apart 

I don't want to get older 
Be left out in the cold in unfashionable clothes 
With no hope just a joke among kids in the know 
I don't want to get old 

As the years go by 
Families grow larger 
Waistlines even further 
Actions made safer and safer 
Till nothing and no chance is left 
And you're deeper and deeper in debt 

I don't want to get older 
Make a mess of what's left and have only regret 
Short of breath short of sense short of luck and good sex 
I don't want to get old 

When once we would fight to the death 
Now principles fall by the way 
We fear failure and change 
And there's no escape 
Getting older 

I don't want to get older 
Be left out in the cold in unfashionable clothes 
With no hope just a joke among kids in the know 
I don't want to get old 
I don't want to get older 
Make a mess of what's left and have only regret 
Short of breath short of sense short of luck and good sex 
I don't want to get old