The Curse of Growing Old

I watched my father put his father in the ground

Without a single solitary tear falling down

On the car ride home I remember asking why

He said, "It's simple, son, you're born, you live a little, then you die"

Crying ain't gonna bring them back, it's just a waste of time

My grandmother made it all the way to 93

She saw countless war, electric cars and color TV

But then I start to think about all the family and friends

She lost, and how lonely it must have been there at the end

And that's one race to the finish, I'm betting no one wants to win

And the curse of growing old

Is watching everything you love and know

Bloom, die and fade away

The only thing more terrifying

Than coming face to face with dying

Is learning there's a price we all must pay for another day

So the only time I ever saw my father cry

Daytona 01, the day that Senior died

It's safe to say that was the day that he finally saw

That no star burns forever, eventually they must fall

Raise hell, praise Dale, death is coming for us all

And the curse of growing old

Is watching everything you love and know

Bloom, die and fade away

The only thing more terrifying

Than coming face to face with dying

Is learning there's a price we all must pay for another day

That price is change

Unavoidable change