Older

I was walking down 57th Street towards Park

With the same old song in my same old heart

Making plans, I'm gonna do when I get older

I passed a grey-haired man, he found my eyes

It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind

Saying, "Life is gonna find you when it's supposed to"

I felt my feet stopped short and I turned my head

Tried to lean into every word he said

And then he said

"When you are younger, you'll wish you're older

Then when you're older, you'll wish for time to turn around

Don't let your wonder turn into closure

When you get older, when you get older"

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?

Have I bit my tongue one too many times?

Have I said it all the way I really meant to?

If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes

Is the waiting all I've ever done?

And will I get to?

Will I ride the flood? Open up the dam

Will I be the man I really am?

And understand

"That when you're younger, you'll wish you're older

Then when you're older, you'll wish for time to turn around

Don't let your wonder turn into closure

When you get older, when you get older"

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

When you are younger, you'll wish you're older

And when you're older, you'll wish for time to turn around

Don't let your wonder turn into closure

When you get older, when you get older

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh