Tom Paxton - Modern Maturity lyrics

When you find it in your mail for the first time, my friend Then you'll know that you've turned a corner and you're getting' grey It's a sure sign of decline, it's the start of the end When your wrinkles outnumber your hairs, then it's headin' your way Modern Maturity means you're getting old And now you get the magazine that you hide from your friends Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill And now Modern Maturity means over the hill When Mick Jagger has his breakfast of yogurt and bran Does he read of prescriptions by mail, or of self-rising chairs Oh, you keep on rockin' and rollin' as long as you can Then you sit in your little seat and you ride up the stairs Modern Maturity means you're getting old A-now you get the magazine that you hide from your friends Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill And now Modern Maturity means over the hill I look through its pages and what I see there Is that everyone looks about twenty-five with white hair You can get polyester pants for nineteen ninety-five You can get your grandchildren's picture on your coffee cup If you're tired of walkin', there's a scooter that you can drive Or a bu*ton to push if you've fallen and you can't get up Modern Maturity means you're getting old And now you get the magazine that you hide from your friends Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill And now Modern Maturity means over the hill