[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Someone said "Youth is wasted on the young"
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I spilled every last drop of time that summer in the sun
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My daddy had a Timex watch
D Em
Cigarette in his hand and a mouthful of scotch
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Spinnin' me around like a tilt-a-whirl on his arm
[Chorus 1]
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Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Am G
Kids, come on in before your supper gets cold
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Collection plates and daddy's billfold
Am
And that's how it goes
D G
You live long enough, people get old
[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse 2]
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I sat up right beside him in the cab of that truck
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Goin' thirty miles-an-hour down a side road talkin' 'bout the fish we caught
C G
And I'm older now than he was then
D Em
If I could go back in time, I would in a second
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To his beat-up blue jeans and a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off
[Chorus 2]
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Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Am G
Kids growin' up and seekin' out the window
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Hittin' every small-town dirt road
Am
And that's how it goes
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You live long enough, and people get old
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Yeah, people get old
[Verse 3]
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Daddy keeps busy in the aftenoons playin' cards by himself
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And he shouldn't be shovelin' that first snow, but you know he won't take the help
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Full of pride and love, he don't say too much but hell, he never did
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And you still think he's forty-five and he still thinks that you're a kid
[Verse 4]
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One day you'll find yourself sayin' the things that he said
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You'll be walkin' down the hallway, turnin' off every light switch
C G
When you twirl your kids in your arms
D Em
Before you know it, it won't take too long
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They'll be runnin' off makin' a life just like you did
[Chorus 3]
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Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Am G
Nothin' says "love" like a band of gold
C C/B
Babies grow up and houses get sold
Am
And that's how it goes
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Time is a thief, pain is a gift
Am G
The past is the past, it is what it is
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Every line on your face tells a story somebody knows
D
That's just how it goes
Em D
You live long enough and the people you love... get old
[Outro]
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