Going gray around the temples Usually days when I won't shave Have a have a trip over ripples, And watching them roll in to waves Chorus: I've been too long riding this range Running wild, without reins Always traveling against the grains And pretty girls deserve better I'm too old to change Can't say I've been sorry About anything I've ran off to see And all the nights that we roared And going home never dawned upon me Chorus You better get gone and grow old graceful As graceful as push-ups can get ya But some times I look over my shoulder And smile about what they said about me Chorus