I used to spend a lot of time composing rhymes that didn't rhyme
 I gave the love I had to give and kept a worried mind
 but it wasn't much fun.
 I used to hang around the block,
 1995,
 she said hello, 'hello!'
 don't leave so soon
 I wanna be friends with you
 That's all I wanna do.
 People's gettin' older in their minds.
 Ties are gettin' stronger all the time.
 Life is gettin' evil,
 musicians miss the rhythm
 but you sing in time.
 I used to have a dog named Tan, impossibly white, impossibly mild.
 He followed me and my parents' car under the wheels of a truck.
 Tan, you are out of luck.
 I had to grow with painful fears about dead dogs and rear view mirrors
 but never missed my mom's perfume so much as I miss you.
 The feeling ain't new.
 People's gettin' older in their minds.
 Ties are gettin' stronger all the time.
 Life is gettin' evil,
 musicians miss the rhythm
 but you sing in time.
 Today or anyday I'm gonna make it on time.
 Child, just wait and see
 'cos you won't see it happen twice.
 People's gettin' older in their minds.
 Ties are gettin' stronger all the time.
 Life is gettin' evil,
 musicians miss the rhythm
 but you sing in time.