Anything But Age Lyrics

You offered a finger

When I reached for your hand

You lived like a boy

But you dressed like a man

And as your beard grew longer

And wrinkles waged war on your face

You said"I can't give you anything but age"

And I picked off the polish

That covered my nails

As I harkened your rues

And conquistory tales

But your mumbled contrition's

Become just a song you replay

Like saying"I can't give you anything but age"

And you proved you were different

By hanging around

With the girls with the faces

And the hair and the frowns

And as you lay there beside her

And try to remember her name

You whisper"I can't give you anything but age"

And you fed me clichés

That I swallowed intact

But I still can't decide

If you thought they were fact

And as I walk from the room

Where I thought I had turned a new page

You don't say anything at all

But what you told me all along"You know that I can't give you anything but age"