C'mon Sixty-Five Songtext
von Mel McDaniel

Somewhere on the old Sage River
There′s an old cane pole that waits for me patiently
Any city job might drag me down
But one fine day, I'm gonna be cut free, just wait and see

And I′m gonna go down where the waters touch the sky
Where all the old men's laughter echoes like a lullaby

Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
It's a sin to wish my life away
But I can′t wait ′til I'm
Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
There′s a gold watch if I get out alive
At sixty-five

Now somewhere in my memories
I recall the boy of 17, full of dreams
Dreams that lie just stripped away
A layer at a time and now what's left, ain′t hardly me

Ah, but I've saved up a little here and there to get me by
I looked him in these ragged wings, and once again, I applied


Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
It′s a sin to wish my life away
But I can't wait 'til I′m
Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
For the object of the game is to survive
At sixty-five

I′ve heard it said that hard work never
Did a grown man's body any harm
Well, they were wrong
′Cause all these years of lifting things
I should have left alone, it took their toll
But my will is strong

And the day that I walk out of here, I'll hold my head up high
I′ll pawn that stupid watch and just kiss 30 years goodbye

Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
It's a sin to wish my life away
But I can′t wait 'til I'm
Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
There′s a gold watch if I get out alive
At sixty-five


Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
It′s a sin to wish my life away
But I can't wait ′til I'm
Sixty-five, come on, sixty-five
For the object of the game is to survive
At sixty-five

Now somewhere on the Osage River
There′s an old cane pole that waits for me
Patiently