David John, Carol Sylvia, Gerald Elmer, Susan Frances, Clifton LaVerne, Marilyn Ann, Wayne Morris, Douglas Maynard
How did you feel turning 50 that day
When your mind was still that of a kid
But your body was tired and could never again
Help you do all the things that you did
When your dreams of the life that you planned as a child
Never worked and you still don't know why
Why aren't you rich, why don't you have fame
And why's there a tear in your eye
When all of the hurts that you had still live on
Where nobody sees in your heart
And you'll never again have the glow that you felt
When you knew you were feeling life's start
You remember your childhood traitors and traumas
And all of the lies you were told
And all of the promises you first believed
Getting hollow and dark getting old
You're always young in your mind it is said
No matter the face in the mirror
That you see with surprise and think to yourself
"What is that old man doing here".
Getting old means life's colors are starting to fade
An it means that your losing life's breath
But it's better than the only plausible choice
Cause the only alternative's death.
So you look at your mate and you look at your kids
And you see all the joy that's been had
It's hard to believe that it's been 50 years
And most of it hasn't been bad
So you pick your self up, maybe not quite so fast
Take a deep breath and open life's door
Take giant light steps like a kid in his play
Starting life for 50 years more.
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