Lyrics

Paul McCartney
copyright 2004 by Bobby Lightfoot/boatsongs/BMI/all rights reserved

When I was a younger man
I would have asked for more
Now I?m fine with one small sign
To show I?m not alone?

Where does all the laughter go?
And all the stupid songs?
Had I been a younger man
You would have been long gone?

But I?m starting to know
That I?m never going to be Arthur Rimbaud
Or Paul McCartney?

When I was a younger man
I walked a finer line
Now I know what to expect
What is and isn?t mine?

Has the world gone black and white
Or have I lost my mind?
Had I been a younger man
I?d not have been so kind?

But I?m starting to know
That I?ll never be like Edgar Allen Poe
Or Paul McCartney?