Loudon Wainwright Iii - Something's Out To Get Me lyrics

Something's out to get me, something's on my trail Something like that bird dog running down that quail Maybe it's that hellhound, begging for my soul Something's out to get me, and something's on a roll Nothing used to get to me when I was young and strong My foolish ways were wicked, yet I could do no wrong I thought I was immortal, immunized from my own sin Nothing used to get to me, but now something's moving in Life's like an elevator, least that's what I have found You push a lot of bu*tons, but what goes up comes down Getting old might make you wiser, like they say it should But getting old's just getting old, and old ain't much damn good There's a natural order, least that's what I have found There's a limit on the time you get to stick around Book a table in a restaurant, but you can't sit there all night There's another party waiting, and the maitre d's uptight Something is relentless, like an ocean wave You got to take it lying down, from the cradle to the grave But if there's one small comfort, one thing I know is true That something out to get me is out to get you too