I want to be old
And have wrinkles all over my face
Wrinkles on my hands
Wrinkles that betray my age, I want to be old
To see the children of my children
And even the children of their children
All I know is that
I want to be old
To continue living with you
See time wear you down
As it will do for me, I want to be old
For those who will not be

And then I want to be missed by them
As we miss them here below
I want to be old
To defy the devil and time
Live and relive
To honor the absent, I want to be old
And talk about the good old days
Say that we were happy
And that it was better before
I want to be old
To have lived
To have survived
To be alive
Surviving
I want to be old
And have done my best

I want to be old
And have wrinkles all over my face
Wrinkles on my hands
Wrinkles that betray my age
I want to be

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