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The Last Year Of My Youth

I remember quite well how good it felt
In the last year of my youth
When girls with tantalizing eyes
Beseeched me "Please be sweet"
And fell like lovely petals at my feet
Or in my dreams they did
Most of the time they hid
To tell you the truth
In the last year of my youth

The night before my friends had called
And asked "Are you okay?
Are you running hot? Are you feeling cold?
Are you out of juice?
Are you calculating your temperature?
Have you checked your pulse?
Have you heard from your family doctor,
or his older friend Don Juan?
You're going to be twenty-one,
your best days are gone."

I was standing in the kitchen
With a flat iron in my hand
Straightening out the creases in my shirt
I looked into the mirror
and I saw a head full of hurt
from the night before
I went running to the church on time
I kicked open the door
and I looked about
Her friends and relations
They were filled with doubt
Their temples were exploding
Their eyes were almost crossed
They said "Will you?", I said "I do"
And they said "No, all is lost"

So we ran away
and we had twelve kids
and we bought a house
'Til I swapped my spouse for a fast little car
that was red and sporty
And my friends call again the night before
I was twenty-nine, thirty-nine, and forty
I began to lie about my age
Knock off a year or two
'Til I woke up one day
and I was younger than you

Now I'm standing here before you
with a spotlight in my eyes
And I won't confess the dark recesses of my mind
This man keeps making the same mistakes
until he finally learns
I'll bid you a fond farewell
and many happy returns
Hold onto your fondest wish
whatever you call the truth
And if you need some further proof
It's here and now in the last year of my youth
It's here and now in the last year of my youth