The Oldest

Watched an old man in a sport coat walk a corner store aisle

Stuffing groceries in his pocket with an innocent smile

Cashier called the cops as he strolled out the door

In the parking lot

They said man what’d you do it for

He said I don’t know I guess I just got bored

This is the oldest that i’ve ever been

Guess I’ll get used to it I just don’t know when

Forgive me if I make mistakes now and then

This is the oldest that i’ve ever been

Cross town a teenager’s raring to go

Like a pot of boiling water

pouring over on the stove

Gets his first fake ID, 16’s now 23

Buys a six pack, drinks half, and starts turning green

Explains to the EMT there on the scene

This is the oldest that i’ve ever been

Guess ill get used to it I just don’t know when

Forgive me if I make mistakes now and then

This is the oldest that i’ve ever been

Might have been a sea turtle or a mountain so high

A shade tree with more rings than stars in the sky

That might have been me in some other life

but as far as my poor old memory can rewind

This is the oldest that i’ve ever been

Guess ill get used to it I just don’t know when

Forgive me if I make mistakes now and then

This is the oldest that i’ve ever been

Who i used to be i’m no longer him

This is the oldest that i’ve ever been