Twenty Something

Twentysomething. Buying coffee you can't afford. Thinking love is keeping score. You're sleeping on a couch 'cause you got nothing. Yeah, but you don't give a damn. Oh, it's your world and they're all just living In it. Twentysomething for a minute. Thirtysomething. You don't wait to call her back. They card you and you laugh. Those hangovers just hang on a little longer. And home ain't your hometown. Just 'cause you got twenty bucks don't mean you Spend it. Thirtysomething for a minute. It's credit cards, it's college bars. Then bigger houses, faster cars. Just trying to be somebody, but you end up Somebody else. Friday nights and whiskey friends. Tell 'em second chances, second winds. It's one more candle, then you tell yourself. Fortysomething Is the new twenty-five. You think time is on your side. But in a flash, you're fiftysomething, And your daddy's in the mirror. Say you're young but you're running out of ways To spend it. You're sixtysomething in a minute. It's credit cards, it's college bars. Then bigger houses, faster cars. Just trying to be somebody, but you end up Somebody else. Friday nights and whiskey friends. Tell 'em second chances, second winds. It's one more candle, then you tell yourself. That eightysomething Is just a number on a page. And all you know is that you don't know Nothing. But you still feel Twentysomething. Oh, you're Twentysomething. Twentysomething. Twentysomething.