Young Man's Game

Album: Hendra (2014)
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  • I'm not as good as I used to be
    at the late nights, but just look at me
    I'm staking a claim in a young man's game tonight

    Is it something that my old heart fears?
    Missed time, chances, lost years
    That means I'm taking aim at a young man's game tonight

    One more chance to leave a mark
    Imagining the answers in the dark
    Such a simple step into the smoke and the light tonight

    But who'd have thought I'd have turned this page?
    Should I act this out or act my age?
    Am I happy I came to the young man's game,
    Where the bouncers know me by my name, tonight?

    Oh I could I work this room
    I could make some noise
    Let's hear it for the girls and for the boys
    For a moment be the same in the young man's game tonight

    We're drinking Jaeger bombs but we're still on our feet
    Heroes in a wild conceit
    Fingering fame in the young man's game tonight

    But every mirror just tells the time
    Can you name a good fighter over 49?
    I should douse my flame for the young man's game tonight

    Take off this paper crown
    And put these violins down
    And renounce my claim on the young man's game tonight Writer/s: BEN WATT
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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