A Relative Thing

The man just past his fifty feels he's old I'm getting on in years you hear him say Whilst the fellow old enough to be his dad Acts like one who is still in his prime day. The older bloke says I still feel quite young You ask him what age he is and he won't tell you He only says I'm close to forty can't you tell But on his last birthday he was seventy two. The younger man an older man at heart And the grim reaper can't be too far away And the older fellow feels he is still young Though he is older with a lot more gray. It has been said that age is a relative thing The younger man already feeling old But the older man to 'father time' won't bow You are as old as you feel we are told. The younger man already feels he's old And as an old man at heart he will die But the older fellow he still feels quite young And despite his years he still remains a boy.