re: Songs about mellowing, maturing and gettin' old; post your favorites.

Jimmy Buffett- He went to Paris

Bonnie Raitt - "Nick of Time"

Growing Older But Not Up - Jimmy Buffett

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Growing Older But Not Up

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My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.

Moody Blues - I’ll Be Level with You

Little guy, little hands, little eyes and lots of time
What you gonna be what you gonna see
When your eyes are level with mine

I'll be level with you
I don't know what I would do
If I had to face the things that you've got coming down the line

Lots of luck, lots of health, lots of wealth, little pain
That's what I want for you but there's little I can do
To put you on the gravy train

I'll be level with you
You'll always end up coming through
But you'll find yourself lost in space now and again

But you have to have a world you can live in
Not a world where all the hope is gone
And as long as we are here together
We must build a home for the free

Filled with pity
Not pain
That's loving and sane
Not divided by hate
And living in spite
'Til it's too late

Life is here
Love will come in the end give it time
There's wonders still to do and I know you'll find it's true
That yours will be bigger than mine

I'll be level with you
The one thing I hope you will do is tell me about what
You're doing from time to time

Remember When

Alan Jackson

Footlights - Merle

Sawyer Brown - The Walk

Down our long dusty driveway
I didn't want to go
But I set out with tears in my eyes wonderin`
Daddy took me by the hand
Looked down at the school bus and his little man and said,
"Don't worry boy it will be all right"
'Cause I took this walk your walking now
Boy, I've been in your shoes
You can't hold back the hands of time
It's just something you've got to do
So dry eyes I understand just what you're goin` through
'Cause I took this same walk with my old man
Boy, I've been in your shoes
Down our long dusty driveway
I set my mind to go
'Cause I was eighteen and wild and free and wonderin`
Daddy took me by the hand
Look out at the world and his grown man and said,
"Don't worry boy it will be all right"
'Cause I took this walk your walking now
Boy, I've been in your shoes
You can't hold back the hands of time
It's just something you've got to do
So dry eyes I understand just what you're goin` through
'Cause I took this same walk with my old man
Boy, I've been in your shoes
Down our long dusty driveway
This time we both would go
Well he had grown old and gray
And his mind was a wandering
Daddy took me by the hand
Said I know where we're going
And I understand
Don't worry boy it'll be alright.
'Cause I took this walk your walking now
Boy, I've been in your shoes
You can't hold back the hands of time
It's just something you've got to do
So dry eyes I understand just what you're goin` through
'Cause I took this same walk with my old man
Boy, I've been in your shoes

Marty Stuart- Time don’t wait

Trace Adkins: You're gonna miss this