Bill Payne: Music

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it really is!

You know I think that life is backwards
and I'd like to turn it all around
come back from the dead as an old man
be born 6 feet underground

start off life in my retirement
have all the money that I need
maybe do some travellin' around the country
makin' friends with the people that I meet

Get me a gold watch with my new job
work 40 years to earn my pay
marry my old nursing home sweetheart
buy a cap and gown for graduation day

Maybe I'll go and play some baseball
or learn to play the clarinet
beg my parents for a big wheel
and eat all the candy I can get

spend half my days at the playground
and go swimmin' in the creek
learn to run fast when I have to
like when Aunt Bessie wants to kiss my cheek

Finally, when the time draws near
and all my times have been the best
you'll find me in that old rockin' chair
nuzzled up to my momma's breast

and just before the lights go out
I'll take a last look around the room
think about how warm it's gonna be
when I climb back in my momma's womb

Yes, I think that life is backwards
and I know it'd be more fun
if I could take all the things I learned in a lifetime
so I could use them when I'm young
when I grow young

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