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Growing older








                                                  GROWING OLD IS SO STRANGE,

                                           MY HAIR TURNS AS WHITE AS A SNOW


                                            MY BODY FEELS AS HARD AS A ROCK


                                     MY TIME RUNS OUT AS FAST AS A CHEETAH


                                       MY LIFE TURNS INTO A DARK NIGHTMARE


                           MY CHILDHOOD DISAPPEARS LIKE AN BURNING PAPER

                                       THE FRIENDS I MADE ARE ALL GONE NOW


                                                THE FAMILY I HAD IS GONE NOW


                              THE MUSCLES I WAS PROUD OF ARE ALL GONE NOW

                                       THE CHILDHOOD I ENJOYED IS GONE NOW


                                                  THE TIME I HAD IS GONE NOW





                                                                GROWING OLD IS…


                                          AS BORING AS A STARLESS NIGHT SKY

                                          AS TOUGH AS THE SHELL OF A TURTLE


                                                     AS SOUR AS A LEMON JUICE


                                         AS ROUGH AS THE SEA ON A RAINY DAY

                                                AS PAINFUL AS AN ANIMAL BITE






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