All i wanted was to
Live without the
Middleman

All you needed was a
Chance to say,; i told you so;
When youґre cold and
Battered all you want
Is to know you matter
To someone

I had to throw away all
The plans we made and
Now these days
With marks against my
Shoulders i feel like
Iґm older than i am

All i want right now
Is to be my own child.
Do you think it makes
Me a better man just
Mo know i can be
Alone a while?

I had to throw away
All the plans we made
And now these days
With marks against my shoulders i feel like
Iґm older than i am

Your nails are dirty from the city
I catch you thinking it's a pity
You ever had that bluebird tottoo on your shoulder
Sunlight spelling summer dresses
Across your Judes, across your Tesses
But the evenings always turn out to be colder

Chorus:
Older... Do the days that come now fly by?
Older... Does the blood that boiled now run dry?
Older... Still too much to be done to sit and just wonder why

There's a box you keep the past in
You keep it locked, you keep it lasting
Your mother's photograph, the things you never told her
A child demanding your attention
A quarrel needs your intervention
The words you use surprise you when you scold her

Chorus

When your youth burned like a coal
You said you wanted to make it white-hot
But in the hard sell of your soul you got stamped out
When your youth burned like a coal
You said you wanted to make it white-hot
But in the hard sell of your soul you got stamed out
Like an ingot

Chorus

I should have known
It seemed too easy
You were there
And i was breathing blue

Strange
Don't you think i'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger
You have yet to know

Well you're out of time
I'm letting go
You'll be fine
Well that much i know
You're out of time
I'm letting go
I'm not the man you want

I should have known
It seemed so easy
You were there
I thought i needed you

Strange
Don't you think i'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger
Who never seems to show

Well you're out of time
I'm letting go
You'll be fine
(or maybe you won't)
You're out of time
I'm letting go

I'm not the man that you want

I never should have looked back in your direction
I know that
Just the same old fights again, baby
These are wasted days without affection
I'm not that foolish anymore

Waited all my life for this day to come
I feel like letting go, life goes on
Wasting no more time
So much to be done
Everything works out
So they say
Over my shoulder, it's tough getting older
Yeah, yeah.......

Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older
I always thought that I knew where I'd want to go
Now I'm here and I find that I'm still getting colder
It's kinda tough getting older

Here before my eyes, many roads ahead
Time for me to choose one way now
If I take a chance
What lies down the road
Feeling so confused, turned round
On and on, on and on
yeah yeah.....

Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older
I always thought that I knew where I'd want to go
Now I'm here and I find that I'm still getting colder
It's kinda tough getting older

Waited all my life for this day to come
I feel like letting go, life goes on
Over my shoulder (on and on)
It's tough getting older (on and on, on)
Yeah, yeah.....

Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older
I always thought that I knew where I'd want to go
Now I'm here and I find that I'm still getting colder
It's kinda tough getting older

Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older
(fades out)

Esperei toda a minha vida por esse dia,
Eu me sinto indo embora, a vida continua,
Não desperdiçando mais tempo,
Tanta coisa para ser feita,
Tudo dá certo,
É o que dizem,
Sobre o meu ombro, é dificil envelhecer,
yeah yeah,

(refrão)
Parece que mais nada é preto e branco mais,
Sombra cinza, e eu sinto o peso sobre meu ombro,
É dificil envelhecer,
Eu sempre achei que sabia pra onde queria ir,
Agora estou aqui e percebo que ainda estou envelhecendo,
É bem dificil envelhecer,

Aqui, na frente dos meus olhos,
Muitas estradas continuam,
Hora de escolher qual delas seguir,
Se eu der a chance,
Quais mentiras ficarão,
Sentindo tão confusa, complicada,
De novo e de novo, e de novo,
yeah...

Parece que mais nada é preto e branco mais,
Sombra cinza, e eu sinto o peso sobre meu ombro,
É dificil envelhecer,
Eu sempre achei que sabia pra onde queria ir,
Agora estou aqui e percebo que ainda estou envelhecendo,
É bem dificil envelhecer,

Esperei toda a minha vida por esse dia,
Eu me sinto indo embora, a vida continua,
Sobre o meu ombro, é dificil envelhecer, (indo e indo)
Estou envelhecendo (indo e indo)
yeah yeah,

Parece que mais nada é preto e branco mais,
Sombra cinza, e eu sinto o peso sobre meu ombro,
É dificil envelhecer,
Eu sempre achei que sabia pra onde queria ir,
Agora estou aqui e percebo que ainda estou envelhecendo,
É bem dificil envelhecer,

Parece que mais nada é preto e branco mais,
Sombra cinza, e eu sinto o peso sobre meu ombro,
É dificil envelhecer,
(enfraquecer)

You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're older still

Time is marching on
And time is still marching on

This day will soon be at an end
And now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
This day will soon be at an end
And now it's even sooner
And now it's sooner still

You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're older still

Climb the cliff, Tower over all
And falling water, falling waterfall

And after all my plans
They melt into the sand
Yeah you will be there on my mind through all
Don't want to understand why you never get older

It's time to dry off tattered overalls
Impatient waiting, Way to hide a fall

And after all my plans
They melt into the sand
Yeah you will be there on my mind through all
Don't want to understand why you never get older

And after all my plans
They melt into the sand
Yeah you will be there on my mind through all
Don't want to understand why you never get older

After all my plans
They melt into the sand
Yeah you will be there on my mind through all
Don't want to understand why you never get older

And after all my plans
They melt into the sand
Yeah you will be there on my mind through all
Don't want to understand why you never get older

I should have known
It seemed too easy
You were there
And i was breathing blue

Strange
Don't you think i'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger
You have yet to know

Well you're out of time
I'm letting go
You'll be fine
Well that much i know
You're out of time
I'm letting go
I'm not the man you want

I should have known
It seemed so easy
You were there
I thought i needed you

Strange
Don't you think i'm looking older?
But something good has happened to me
Change is a stranger
Who never seems to show

Well you're out of time
I'm letting go
You'll be fine
(or maybe you won't)
You're out of time
I'm letting go

I'm not the man that you want

I never should have looked back in your direction
I know that
Just the same old fights again, baby
These are wasted days without affection
I'm not that foolish anymore