{"id":5312,"date":"2012-01-31T21:17:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T05:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5312"},"modified":"2014-01-21T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T15:47:42","slug":"lyrics-modern-maturity-tom-paxton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5312","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics: Modern Maturity [Tom Paxton]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OK, Folks, you know the drill. Allright everyone, let’s gather in front of our large, 13″, Black and White TV set, and watch as a tall, lanky man in a khaki uniform strides out, introduces himself as Sheriff John<\/a>, and says, \u201cAs Tom Paxton says, when you reach a certain age, a computer somewhere spits out a card in a basement, and suddenly, a magazine appears at your doorstep. They no longer appear to call the magazine this, but the sentiment is still there.\u201d This song is going out to [assignment: name<\/em>]<\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u2230<\/p>\n

So when you find it in your mailbox for the first time my friend
\nYou can tell that you getting older, you’re turning grey
\nIt’s a first sign of decline, it’s a start of the end
\nWhen your wrinkles out number your hairs
\nthen it’s headed your way<\/p>\n

Modern Maturity, means you’re getting old<\/em>
\n When you get the magazine<\/em>
\n that you hide from your friends<\/em>
\n Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill<\/em>
\n Now Modern Maturity means over the hill<\/em><\/p>\n

When Mick Jagger has his breakfast of yogurt and bran
\nDoes he read of prescriptions by mail or of self-rising chairs
\nYou can keep on rockin’ and rollin’ as long as you can
\nBut then you sit in your little seat and you ride up the stairs<\/p>\n

Modern Maturity, means you’re getting old<\/em>
\n When you get the magazine<\/em>
\n that you hide from your friends<\/em>
\n Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill<\/em>
\n Now Modern Maturity means over the hill<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve looked through its pages and what I see there
\nIs that everyone looks about twenty-five with white hair<\/p>\n

You can buy polyester pants for nineteen ninety-five
\nYou can get your grandchildren’s picture on your coffee cup
\nAnd if you’re tired of walking
\nthere’s a scooter that you can drive
\nOr a button to push if you’ve fallen
\nand you can’t get up<\/p>\n

Modern Maturity, means you’re getting old<\/em>
\n When you get the magazine<\/em>
\n that you hide from your friends<\/em>
\n Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill<\/em>
\n Now Modern Maturity means over the hill<\/em><\/p>\n

MODERN MATURITY<\/em> (Tom Paxton)
\nCopyright (c) 1993 Pax Music (ASCAP)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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