75 and Sunny (Live in Nashville, TN 2019)

I had a bad night

i mean not so bad i thought i was king of the world

and i drank till daylight

i mean i never stopped once til my hands finally fell

and i fought my daytime self

with a mighty dose of hey look at the night time me

i never do win that battle

but i fight it over and over and over and over it seems

and i saw an old man

smilin' on a park bench feedin' the pigeon's

my head was spinnin'

as my young body ached i wished for an old man's vision

and i watched the way he moved

so slow, serene, and lucky to be alive

and i thought to myself i'm never gonna make it that far

too many nights like last night

I'd rather be 75 and sunny

and acting like I'm 17 and freezing again

I'd rather be up early in the morning

than up late at night again erasin' memory's of where I've been

or to be through at 52 someday stone faced and leery eyed

you better believe i'm lookin for the moment

but my moment's growin' bigger by and by

and i've got a best friend

she dont drink or smoke like I've been known too

shes got a religion

shes a one women dynamo and shinin' light in every room she goes too

she says the light thats there wont go nowhere noway

she dont spend every second smilin'

but she's learnin' something exciting everyday

she'd rather be 75 and sunny

than 29 with a chance of showers all the time

she'd rather be old as dirt and new as any 9 dollar bottle of wine

or to be through at 35 momma stoned with her back to the win

you better believe she's looking for the moment

but her moment is the hold damn thing

i see these spin kids

double wide eye'd and rollin' and rollin' and tumblin'

there rollin' in inches

taken the high dive approach and screamin' towards the water

there hearts race a million miles

as they buy another smile from a jar

there bodies are screamin' for the water

you know i just hope they make it that far

i hope they're 75 and sunny

not 29 with a chance flurries all the time

i hope we're all old as dirt

and not new as any 25 dollar ride that we can try

or to be through 35 momma stoned with our backs to the wind

you better believe i'm lookin for the moment

but my moment sums up the hole damn thing

and i say I'd rather be 75

oh how nice, how easy for me to say

I've never broken a bone in my life

let alone had my heart or a hip replaced

and i keep this furious pace

and i still feel so good and strong

and i do get tempted for a taste, just a taste

to keep me going, going,going, going, gone

But I got a notion

that everything I've learned will come around

in my devotion to the new thing

and the next thing and the hip thing is slowin' down

and i got a life in here wont go nowhere noway

and i don't spend every second smilin'

and i ain't tryin' but I'm excited for today

cause I'd rather be 75 and sunny

than 29 with a chance of showers all the time

I'd rather be older than the wind

then this years new kid runnin' for my life

or to be through at 52 someday, stoned faced and leery eyed

you better believe i'm lookin for the moment but my moment

you better believe i'm lookin for the moment but my moment

you better believe i'm lookin for the moment

but my moments growin' bigger by and by by and by