Since I've known you, we've always been together   In that time the love we shared, we vowed would last forever   Yet marriage is a subject you approve   Providing it has nothing whatsoever to do with you      And much as I respect that view   I have to state my case   Though I'm far from being over the hill   It occurs to me with each passing day      That I'm not getting any younger   God knows it wasn't my idea   The years that used to take an eternity to make   Are now passing at what seems like one a week      If only we'd have met when I was your age   I wouldn't have this awful fear I get when I leave your place   You don't know how upsetting it can be   To hear you talk of future plans, none of which seem to include me      Blue jeans and high heel boots are great   Of course I still wear mine quite a bit   But it's now more apparent than ever before   Despite keeping myself fairly fit      That I'm not getting any younger   Even those gray hairs are now starting to appear   And there are lines under my eyes   That never used to be this size      Even though it could be due to lack of sleep   Something tells me that it's more to do with passing years      At times I think perhaps it would be better   If rather than go on this way I posted you a letter   Explaining in great detail why I feel the way things are between us   Suits you much more than it suits me      You have your whole life ahead of you   Well, damn it, I also have mine   And unless I am by nature a freak   There's no mistaking those deadly signs      And I'm not getting any younger   Look closely now and you will see   The rebel in his teens   Who thought all adults were obscene      Is now somewhat disenchanted with the news   That kids today have got no respect for his views      And I'm not getting any younger   Gone are those days when school reports were all I feared   Now for the first time in my life   I'm seeing something I don't like      And I'm powerless to prevent from happening   One day you'll find out for yourself just what I mean