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CHORUS:
I was gonna live fast / I was gonna die young
I was gonna leave / a rockin’ memory
Then you turn around and look one day
And find your hair is turnin’ gray
And realize your youth has slipped away

Some news came down last night I just couldn’t understand
Old Faron Young had bit the dust /
struck down by his own hand.
Was it failin’ health, loss of wealth /
Or the price of fleeting fame.
Or maybe livin’ down in Branson / can drive a man insane

It made me think ‘bout how I thought when I was just a kid
Figured I would go in a ball of fire /
Just the way that James Dean did.
But like the sand through an hourglass /
Time can slip right through your hand
And the best laid schemes of mice and men /
Don’t turn out the way you planned
The way you planned

REPEAT CHORUS
When I was young I watched my daddy turn his life around
As he gained strength from the simple truths /
That throughout his life he found
But deep inside my soul I felt that there was more to find
And when I died you’d marvel at /
all the things I’d left behind
I’d left behind

REPEAT CHORUS

GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS

Yeah I thought I’d be bigger than old Elvis ever could
And if there were greater things to be /
Thought I’d be the man who would.
Now I got a house, a dog, a child
and a sweet and lovin’ wife.
But compared to where I thought I’d be /
It’s like someone else’s life
Someone else’s life

REPEAT CHORUS

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Yeah / your youth has slipped away
Yeah / your youth has slipped away

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from Best Of​.​.​.​.​So Far, released March 21, 2020

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Alan Lee & the Whiskey Bumps New York, New York

As a founding member of the Twanglers, he helped kickstart the Americana/alt-country movement with his participation in the groundbreaking first Rig Rock CD compilation on Diesel Only Records.
“Two Hearts,from that first Rig Rock CD was also featured in the 1996 film Freeway.
He has opened for Rosie Flores, Sara Evans, Bill Kirchen, Highway 101, Junior Brown, and the Beat Farmers.
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