Young Man's Game - Ben Watt

I’m not as good as I used to be

At the late nights but just look at me

I’m staking a claim in a young man’s game tonight

Is it something that my old heart fears

Mistimed chances, lost years

That means I’m taking aim at a young man’s game tonight?

One more chance to leave a mark

Imagining the answer’s in the dark

Such a simple step into the smoke and the light tonight

But who’d have thought I’d have turned this page?

Should I act this out or act my age?

Am I happy I came to the young man’s game

Where the bouncers know me by my name tonight?

Oh, I could work this room, I could make some noise

Let’s hear it for the girls and for the boys

For a moment we’re the same in the young man’s game tonight

We’re drinking Jaëgerbombs, but we’re still on our feet

Heroes in a wild conceit

Fingering fame in the young man’s game tonight

But every mirror just tells the time

Can you name a great fighter over forty-nine?

I should douse my flame for the young man’s game tonight

Take off this paper crown

And put these violins down

And renounce my claim on the young man’s game tonight