You say you`re gettin` old, Lord older every day
You say you`re gettin` old, yeah you say you`re gettin` older every day
Now you ain`t but fifty, ooh Lord boy you shouldn`t feel that way
Now when you get so old, you can`t work at no mill
Yeah when you get so old, Lord boy you can`t work at no mill
Now don`t you make no date, ooh Lord buddy that you can`t fill
Now if your luck don`t change, boy don`t you be sad
Yeah if your luck don`t change, now buddy don`t you be sad
Now you really gotta learn Lord to take the good now with the bad
Now when you get old, and your good girl don`t want you around
Ooh Lord when you get old, and your good girl don`t want you around
Now you know you done run out of commission, ooh boy I declare you are poorhouse bound
Now don`t laugh buddy, Lord it nobody`s downfall
Ooh Lord don`t laugh buddy, I mean it nobody`s downfall
Because if your woman would check up on you, ooh Lord she put another mule in your stall
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