BIRTHDAY

What does it mean to be thirteen today?
I wish it were another day
If I were twenty-one, I could have my say
If I were twenty-one, I would have my way

Up and down and up and down I go, wondering when I’ll have a chance to show
That I am just as smart as anyone, but till twenty-one I’m not anyone at…
All of this is so frustrating
Until then it feels I’m only waiting
Until then it doesn’t really matter who I am or what I say

What does it mean to be twenty-one today?
You’d think I’d have some fun on my birthday
But there’s so much to do, I’ve got to find my way
So many things to do to earn my way

Up and down and up and down I go, wondering if it’s just a one-man show
Without a job, a house, a decent car, no one really cares just who you are
Until then the world is so frustrating
Until then it seems I’m only waiting
Until then it doesn’t really matter who I am or what I say

What does it mean to be thirty today?
Am I that old this soon? It seems that way.
It started out like any other day
But now I wish it would just go away

Up and down and up and down I go. No, it doesn’t seem that long ago
What did I learn? It doesn’t seem to show, at least not when it comes to my cash flow
Until then the world is so frustrating
Until then it seems I’m only waiting.
Until then it doesn’t really matter who I am or what I say

How does it feel to be forty today?
Over half-way home, the statistics say
Nagging pains I never felt before
If there’s a winner here, who’s keeping score?

Up and down and up and down I go. When I lose, it’s like a body blow
The doctor says it’s touch-and-go, something’s going to blow if I don’t let go
Until then the world is so frustrating
Until then it seems I’m only waiting
Until then it doesn’t really matter who I am or what I say

What’s it like now to be sixty-five?
With all the memories I keep alive?
You never think someday that you’ll be old
You never think you’ll have no one to hold

Up and down and up and down I go, after all this time, I still don’t know
Did I lose myself that long ago? Have I always been outside looking in?
Even now, the world is so frustrating
Even now, it seems I’m only waiting
Even now, it doesn’t seem to matter who I am or what I say

What does it mean?

A Song Can Tell A Story

When words leave off, music begins.

BIRTHDAY