The Older You Get

Looking in the mirror, and you don't look the same
Girls from your past getting new last names
High school friends burning out like their cigarettes
Guess that's what happens the older you get

Start to wish you could've been 16 forever
'Cause you know your favorite band ain't getting back together
And the nights you don't remember are the nights that you'll never forget
Guess that's what happens the older you get

Oh, that's just the way it goes, oh
And oh, that's just the way it goes, oh

Life's going good but you wonder what's after
'Cause dad's moving slower and time's moving faster
You hug a little tighter, and you say the things you never said
Guess that's what happens

Sometimes the cancer goes away and sometimes it don't
So now when your mama calls, you always pick up the phone
And you talk a little longer 'cause tomorrow is not a sure bet, oh-oh

Oh, that's just the way it goes, oh
And oh, that's just the way it goes, oh
Guess that's what happens the older you get, oh-oh

The house you grew up in is now getting sold
In a box full of memories that's worth more than gold
You close your eyes one last time in your childhood bed
Guess that's what happens, what happens, oh

Home was a place, now home is a person
And you're looking at rings 'cause you swear that you're certain
And the best day of your life becomes the day that the two of you met
Guess that's what happens the older you get

Oh, that's just the way it goes, oh
And oh, that's just the way it goes, oh
And oh, that is just the way it goes, whoa-oh-oh
And oh, that is just the way it goes