A Couple More Years

I've got a couple more years on you, babe, and that's all I've had more chances to fly, and more places to fall And it ain't that I'm wiser It's only that I've spent more time with my back to the wall And I've picked up a couple more years on you, baby, that's all I've walked a couple more roads than you, babe, that's all And I'm tired of runnin' while you're only learnin' to crawl And you're heading somewhere But I've been to somewhere and found it was nowhere at all And I've picked up a couple more years on you, babe, that's all Now saying goodbye, girl, don't never come easy at all But you've gotta fly 'cause you're hearing them young eagles call And someday when you're older, you'll smile at a man strong and tall And you'll say I've got a couple more years on you, baby, that's all You'll say I've got a couple more years on you, babe, and that's all I've had more chances to fly, and more places to fall And it ain't that I'm wiser It's only that I've spent more time with my back to the wall And I've picked up a couple more years on you babe, and that's all