Older

I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
 With the same old song in my same old heart
 Making plans, I'm gonna do when I get older
 I passed a grey-haired man, he found my eyes
 It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
 Saying, "Life is gonna find you when it's supposed to"
 I felt my feet stopped short and I turned my head
 Tried to lean into every word he said
 And then he said
 "When you are younger, you'll wish you're older
 Then when you're older, you'll wish for time to turn around
 Don't let your wonder turn into closure
 When you get older, when you get older"
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
 Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
 Have I bit my tongue one too many times?
 Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
 If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
 Is the waiting all I've ever done?
 And will I get to?
 Will I ride the flood? Open up the dam
 Will I be the man I really am?
 And understand
 "That when you're younger, you'll wish you're older
 Then when you're older, you'll wish for time to turn around
 Don't let your wonder turn into closure
 When you get older, when you get older"
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
 When you are younger, you'll wish you're older
 And when you're older, you'll wish for time to turn around
 Don't let your wonder turn into closure
 When you get older, when you get older
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
 Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh