The Older You Get Cifras

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Lookin' in the mirror and you don't look the same
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Girls from your past getting new last names
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High school friends burning out like their cigarettes
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Guess that's what happens the older you get
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Start to wish you could've been sixteen forever
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'Cause you know your favorite band ain't getting back together
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And the nights you don't remember are the nights that you'll never forget
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Guess that's what happens the older you get
 
[Chorus]
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Oh,   that's just the way that it goеs,    oh-oh
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And oh,   that's just the way that it goеs,    oh-oh
 
[Verse 2]
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Life's goin' good but you wonder what's after
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'Cause dad's moving slower and time's moving faster
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You hug a little tighter and you say the things you never said
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Guess that's what happens
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Sometimes the cancer goes away and sometimes it don't
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So now when your momma calls you always pick up the phone
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And you talk a little longer 'cause tomorrow is not a sure bet
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Oh,  oh
 
[Chorus]
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Oh,   that's just the way that it goеs,    oh-oh
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And oh,   that's just the way that it goеs,    oh-oh
 
[Instrumental]
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Guess that's what happens the older you get
 
[Bridge]
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The house you grew up in is now gettin' sold
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And a box full of memories is worth more than gold
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You close your eyes one last time in your childhood bed
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Guess that's what happens, what happens oh
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Home was a place, now home is a person
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And you're lookin' at rings 'cause you swear that you're certain
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And the best day of your life becomes the day that the two of you met
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Guess that's what happens the older you get
 
[Chorus]
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Oh,   that's just the way that it goеs,    oh-oh
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And oh,   that's just the way that it goеs,    oh-oh
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And oh,   that's just the way that it goеs,    oh-oh
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And oh,   that's just the way that it goеs
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