Doin' The Math - Loudon Wainwright III

All of that time, where did it go?

What did you do and what have you got to show for it?

Doin' the math is kind of a bummer

You best avoid crunchin' that number

Where are they now and what are they doing

Everyone’s ancient at your high school reunion

Doin' the math don’t bring satisfaction

There’s no more addition its all subtraction

Doin' the math is just a mistake

When it’s almost over and life’s a heartbreaker

The people you knew are all starting to die

And you’re in that crew and you’re wondering why?

You use to believe you would life forever

And a world without you couldn’t be no way never

Doin' the math will just bring you down

Gravity and time will put you back in the ground

All right!

They say that middle age, it’s almost over

Flip a calendar page, can’t run for cover

Doin' the math ain’t much of a thrill

Us boomers have been busted man, we re over the hill

Doin' the math is just a fools errand

There’s no way to know and no use in carin'

That body of your is no longer friend and your

Mind starts to wonder where and when will it end?

It’s gotta end!

You may make it to 80 or you could kick tonight

Either way to me, it just don’t seem right

Doin' the math will leave you cold

Life is too short when you get this old

A monkey, a dog, a horse and giraffe

There all gonna die but they don’t do the math

Doin' the math is kind of a bummer

You best avoid crunchin' that number

Let’s crunch it!