Old and Gray

When in Rome you do just like all the other devils do

And if you don't mind I'll turn your cup away

St. Gus sure said it best when he stared right back in your face

When he said make me chaste but please lord not today

And I bet if I turn back around when I get old and gray

These crutches just might carry me a little further along the way

With a heart of stone, all alone, one thousand miles away

I'll turn back around when I get old and gray

Living is mostly wasting time when luck has lost its way

And the losing is all she left you to liе upon

But time won't pass you by if you don't see the light the day

And that sun don't risе with motel curtains drawn

And I bet if I turn back around when I get old and gray

These crutches just might carry me a little further along the way

With a heart of stone, all alone, one thousand miles away

I'll turn back around when I get old and gray

Now it seems that in my dreams I just can't run away

From all that's telling me that I should roam

But I'll bite my tongue and fight with one arm tied behind my back

And try to pick up all the pieces when I get home

And I bet if I turn back around when I get old and gray

These crutches just might carry me a little further along the way

With a heart of stone, all alone, one thousand miles away

I'll turn back around when I get old and gray