At twenty-one you might think
You know just what you're after
At twenty-two you're not sure
By twenty-four your life
Is days and nights of tears and laughter
Live for the moment, blind to what is in store

Come twenty-five you're in love
And what more could you ask for?
You live that you dreamed
You got some cash and some clothes
You think you've got it made but, one question -
Were your twenties all that they seemed?
And what didn't occur to you
Are the things that you did not do
By twenty-nine it's clear the decade's finish line is looming ahead
And this feeling is filling me
That the man I'm expected to be
Is not the one I am today, is that okay? then BAM!

You're thirty!
And all at once time's not on your side
Thirty
The sand is running faster, your life is part disaster
You're playing catch up, met your match up
Time is getting away

No country house with the newest sport's car
In the driveway
No little cottage in France
No big promotion, you're job has flat-lined
And, even worse,
You've started telling kids to pull up their pants!
But what keeps me up at night
Is I only just saw the light
Half way to sixty, whistlin' dixie
Might be time to strap on a pair
And, as if that's not bad enough,
I got all this expensive stuff
Is this the man I want to be then suddenly it's there!

Oh, thirty!
And all at once time is not my friend
Thirty!
No time to sit and worry
From now I'm in a hurry
It's time to act and face the fact
That time is getting away

Then Alex brings me round
And I know - I know, I know we're a choice
We made that's built on solid ground
So check one off the list
As for the rest - oh god!
You get the gist!

So close to thirty
There's so much more I should be by now
Thirty!
There's much more life left to live
And suddenly fucks I should give
It's here, no fear, my choice is clear
Not letting time get away!
Not letting time get away!
Not letting time get away!
Thirty!?
Okay