The last fifty years   Have seen laughter and tears   And your hair slowly fade to gray      Your children are grown now   And it's hard to believe   How the years have just all slipped away      But in time you've gained a wisdom   That seems to elude the young   And each line that now marks your face   Tells the stories of all that you've done      So fear not the passing of the days   'Cause like the song of the violin   You only grow sweeter with age      As time's pages turn   You lived and you learned   That what truly mattered most      Is family and friends   And in the end, finding peace   In the path that you chose      'Cause in time you've gained a wisdom   That seems to elude the young   And each line that now marks your face   Tells the stories of all that you've done      So fear not the passing of the days   'Cause like the song of the violin   You only grow sweeter with age      Ooh, in time you've gained a wisdom   That seems to elude the young   And each line that now marks your face   Tells the stories of all that you've done      So fear not the passing of the days   'Cause like the song of the violin   You only grow sweeter with age      'Cause like the song of the violin   You only grow sweeter with age      The last fifty years   Have seen laughter and tears   And your hair slowly fade to gray