He grew up thinkin' that nothin' was fair
And love was just somethin' you bought
He grew up thinkin' that money was free
As long as you didn't get caught
And they all said it seemed like he was going on forty
The day that he turned seventeen
But from his jail cell the same night In his mind
It seemed like his childhood was all just a dream
But you're only as old as you think that you are
You hope that's the number they call
'Cause when you're livin' just dyin' for someone to love you
Age doesn't matter at all
No your age doesn't matter at all
Then he lived in the streets where he learned to survive
Begging for blankets and shoes
He huddled over a man-hole at night
And his days went from soup lines to booze
Now it ain't like he never had nothin' at all
He was half glad to still be alive
Oh, he couldn't remember if it was June or December
But he swore he'd just turned thirty-five
But you're only as old as you think that you are
You hope that's the number they call
'Cause when you're livin' just dyin' for someone to love you
Age doesn't matter at all
No you're age doesn't matter at all
Now he sits and he stares all alone in his room
And he turns when the nurses walk by
He used to be Grandpa, and he used to be Joe
Now he's the old man in room number nine
But he remembers the days when his family came by
When it still seemed like somebody cared
Oh, He's never been lazy, so it's drivin' him crazy
To spend every day in his chair
But you're only as old as you think that you are
You hope that's the number they call
'Cause when you're livin' just dyin' for someone to love you
Age doesn't matter at all
No you're age doesn't matter at all
And you're only as old as you think that you are
You hope that's the number they call
'Cause when you're livin' just dyin' for someone to love you
Age doesn't matter at all
No you're age doesn't matter at all

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