So you think when turnin’ sixty
That your best years lay behind
And your useful days are over
And it’s weighin’ on your mind

 You ponder on your younger years
Of hope and health and glory
You think of things you might’a done
To paint a different story

There ain’t no turnin’ back the years
What’s past is gone for good
You probably wouldn’t change a lot
Even if you could

It’s time to look ahead some
For you ain’t quite used up yet
There’s chores that still need doin’
And there’s fence posts yet to set

So climb back in the saddle
Leave that rockin’ chair a while
Go and help your neighbors some
And finish up in style

You never know what lies ahead
So give it all you can
And when you cross that great divide
You’ll cross it like a man


© by Russ Westwood.
Used with the author’s permission.