OLD AGE

 

Old age crept up on me, I should have seen the warning signs

She snuck up, oh so stealthily, and etched my face in lines

I should have seen her coming but I looked the other way

She inched up, oh so sneakily and turned my hair all grey

 

Old age plays a cunning trick, she’s sneaky and she’s mean

She dulls your eyesight slightly so you can’t see where she’s been

It took a while for me to see I’d left my youth behind

Perhaps she dims your eyesight as a way of being kind

 

What they say is true though, inside you feel the same

You still feel like a teenager but look like an old dame

It seems like only yesterday, people would say to me

“You don’t look old enough” they’d say, “to be a mum of three”

 

Nowadays things are different though, when I meet someone new

They say “have you got grandchildren?” - to be fair, I have got two

But I still feel super youthful, I don’t feel like a grandma

OK I’m no spring chicken but have things really gone that far?

 

I had a shock last summer, now I know old age is here

She hit me like a juggernaut, a message crystal clear

Me and Steve got on a train all dressed up for my birthday

Going for a special treat - I thought I looked okay

 

But as we past along the carriage, melting in the heat

An old lady saw me coming and she offered me her seat

I was absolutely gutted, to say I felt quite glum

Honestly, I could have cried - she was older than my mum!

 

I blanked her of course completely, I proudly walked on by

I was so hurt inside, I could've cried, but I held my head up high

Clearly one of us was deluded - please don’t say you think it’s me

She was knocking 80 - I’m only 63!

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(Just a note here - I was only 58 at the time, but that didn't rhyme so I used a bit of artistic licence)