Too Old To Die Young

They say that youth is wasted, on the young
When that bitter taste of aging is on the tip of your tongue
Years they come and years they go
Falling just like dominos
You try to hold them up with just a smile

But I'm much too old to die young now
But I'm still too young to wonder how
My life will go, from here on out
I'm much too old to die young now

My daddy was a coal man, Worked in the mines
But he never was an old man, He died at twenty-nine
My grandpa lived to ninety-five
He said son you've got to live your life
Don't look back or you might realize

That you're much too old to die young now
You're still too young to wonder how
Your life will go, from here on out
But you're much too old to die young now

Every time I see my son, I know that day will come
When he thinks life is not ideal
He will be a dad and look back on all he has
And he will know just how I feel

I'm glad I'm too old to die young now
Still too young to wonder how
My life will go, from here on out
I'm much too old to die young now
To die young now