Attica! Attica! - Time's Tollbooth lyrics

I was waiting for you to enter the room in this dingy motel out in Syracuse Another year spent on the road and time collects the tolls You know that I pay with each of my days Your smile was lit bright by the years of my life but I wasted my breath with this tired lament: Too many candles on this cake and I'm sick of getting spanked So just let me be the old man by the sea” But you said, “Oh no, you're not that old” You said, “Oh no You've just finally realized someday you're gonna die But you'll be okay, you'll be alright” My friends sit at the bar and they gaze from afar At the teenagers dancing and laughing so hard They say, “Now do you remember when? I think we were once like them” They nod and agree and then order a drink But I say, “ Oh no you're not that old I say, “Oh no You still know how to dance You just won't take a chance So take one with me or we'll drown in whiskey” My right knee's goin' my hearing's blown I've got scars on my teeth and chips off my throat But they're all just signs that it's been a good life It's been a good life, yeah it's been a good life We sing oh no We sing oh whoa We sing oh no We sing oh whoa We sing oh no We're not that old We sing oh no We've just finally realized Someday we're gonna die But we'll be okay, we'll be alright