75 and Sunny

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

And 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 spinning

As my young body ached I wished for an old man's vision

And I watched the way he moved

Slow, serene, and lucky to be alive

Thought to myself i'm never gonna make it that far

With too many more nights like last night

I'd rather be 75 and sunny

Than 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 living 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

She's got religion

She's a one women dynamo and lights up every room she goes too

She says the light thats there wont go nowhere noway

She don't spend every second smiling

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 than new as any 9 dollar bottle of wine

Or to be through at 35 momma stoned with her back to the wind

You better believe she's living for the moment

But her moment is the whole damn thing

I see these spin kids

Double wide eye'd and rollin' and rollin' and tumbling

And they're roaming in inches

Taken the high dive approach and screamin' towards the water

Their hearts race a million miles

As they buy another smile from a jar

Their 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 every 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 living for the moment

But my moment sums up the whole 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 has been coming 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'

But I'm excited for everyday

Cause I'd rather be 75 and sunny

Than 29 with a chance of showers all the time

I'd rather be older and in the way

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 living for the moment but my moment

You better believe I'm living for the moment but these moments

You better believe I'm living for the moment

But my moments growin' bigger by and by, by and by