The Curse of Growing Old

I watched my father put his father in the ground Without a single solitary tear falling down On the car ride home I remember asking why He said it's simple son, you're born, you live a little then you die And crying ain't gonna bring them back it's just a waste of time My grandmother made it all the way to 93 She saw countless war, electric cars and color TV But then I start to think about all the family and friends She lost and how lonely it must have been there in the end That's one race to the finish I'm betting no one wants to win And the curse of growing old is watching everything you love and know Bloom, die and fade away The only thing more terrifying than coming face to face with dying Is learning there's a price we all must pay for another day The only time I ever saw my father cry Daytona 01, the day that Senior died It's safe to say that was the day that he finally saw That no star burns forever, eventually they must fall Raise hell, praise dale, death is coming for us all And the curse of growing old is watching everything you love and know Bloom, die and fade away The only thing more terrifying than coming face to face with dying Is learning there's a price we all must pay for another day That price is change, unavoidable change