THE OLDER I GET

We are all getting older. That's life. From time to time, I try to re-examine my life. How did I do? Did I make the right decisions? One thing is certain and that is I can't change it now. I have to live with the way I conducted my life. What have I learned? This column is for me as much as for anyone else.

 

For my entire life I have been a fan of "country" music. To me it represents the poetry of the common man in America. I especially appreciate the lyrics. There is usually a story involved. Country music has been identified as three chords and the truth. To me that is a great definition. 

 

A good friend recently sent me a forward of country great, Alan Jackson singing the song, "The Older I Get". I am going to share with you the lyrics of this great piece of music in the hope you enjoy it as much as I do. 

 

The older I get

The more I think

You only get a minute

Better live while you're in it

It's gone in a blink

 

And the older I get

The truer it is

It's the ones you love, not the money and stuff

That makes you rich

 

And if they found a fountain of youth

I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet

 

The older I get

The fewer friends I have

But you don't need a lot when the ones you got

Have always got your back

 

And the older I get

The better I am

At knowing when to give

And when to just not give a damn

 

And if they found a fountain of youth

I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet

 

The older I get

I don't mind all the lines

From the times I've laughed and cried

Souvenirs and little signs of the life I've lived

 

The older I get 

The longer I pray

I don't know why, I guess that I've just

Got more to say

 

And the older I get

The more thankful I feel

For the life I've had and the life I'm living still

 

Many of the readers of this blog are getting up in years, as am I. My life has been filled with hills and valleys as I imagine most have. Some of my valleys have been low but my hills have and continue to be higher than high.

 

I have been blessed with a beautiful lady who is still by my side after almost sixty years. We have been given two spectacular children who love us as we love them. 

 

The older I get, the more I think of the blessings I have been given. I hope that the sharing of this piece of music touches you as it has me. It is pure country music and it speaks to us all. 

 

Ron Scarbro June, 2021