Just Old and Worn Out Verse 1 Nobody wants to sit and hear Some old man complain Everybody’s fighting something Got their own kind of pain So I mostly keep it to myself And try not to carry on But these days I feel the miles In these bones I’ve leaned on Verse 2 Got a little hitch in my get-up now That wasn’t there before Some mornings I just ease myself Slowly through the door Figure maybe it’s a sign To sit awhile and rest But when I stop moving too long My back hurts even worse Chorus Just old and worn out Like an old fence in the rain Still standing up somehow But every board’s got strain Maybe if I’d slowed down some And not carried every load These old hands and this tired back Wouldn’t feel this broke But there was always work to finish And never time to wait So I just kept lifting more Till the years caught up one day Verse 3 Back then I never thought much About getting old like this You’re too busy raising families Trying not to miss One more job, one more chore One more thing to haul Never dreaming someday You’d pay the price for all Ending Now I move a little slower And I rest more than before Still trying to stay useful Still looking for one more chore Just old and worn out That’s about the size of it But I’d probably do it all again If I had the strength for it
