You say you're gettin' old, Lord older every day   You say you're gettin' old, yeah you say you're gettin' older every day   Now you ain't but fifty, ooh Lord boy you shouldn't feel that way      Now when you get so old, you can't work at no mill   Yeah when you get so old, Lord boy you can't work at no mill   Now don't you make no date, ooh Lord buddy that you can't fill      Now if your luck don't change, boy don't you be sad   Yeah if your luck don't change, now buddy don't you be sad   Now you really gotta learn Lord to take the good now with the bad      Now when you get old, and your good girl don't want you around   Ooh Lord when you get old, and your good girl don't want you around   Now you know you done run out of commission, ooh boy I declare you are poorhouse bound      Now don't laugh buddy, Lord it nobody's downfall   Ooh Lord don't laugh buddy, I mean it nobody's downfall   Because if your woman would check up on you, ooh Lord she put another mule in your stall