Go Be Young - Edwin Mccain

Perfumed and smoky

She swears that she knows me

She’s falling down drunk again

I say she’s mistaken

She’s visibly shaken

Emotions all drowned in gin

She said I used to be beautiful

But now it’s all gone

I let my dreams slip away from me

That’s where it went wrong

Go be young

Go be free

Follow your heart where it leads you

Don’t end up like me

The indian in the guardhouse used to spin me yarns

Stories of canyons and Boston in winter

And losing his family’s farms

He said I’ve outlived my three sons

They died in three wars

I laughed and I cried while they lived and they died

And I know that they deserve more

Go be young

Go be free

Follow your heart where it leads you

Don’t end up like me

Perfumed and smoky

She swears that she knows me

I’m falling down drunk again

I say she’s mistaken

She’s visibly shaken

Emotions all drowned in gin

I say I used to be powerful

But now it’s all gone

I let my dreams take control of me

That’s where it went wrong

Go be young

Go be free

Follow your heart where it leads you

Don’t end up like me