Years silently crept in on me
As I chased that elusive time
When I would reach maturity
While anticipating my life�s beginning
I somehow missed the fun
I rushed my youth right out the door
Now my aging has begun
[chorus]
Calendar by calendar, I mark my life
I�m older now than I thought I�d be
Trying just to deal with one day at a time,
The weeks and months crash in on me
Looking back the days seemed so long
But now they seem to blur
I once imagined life eternal
Now an end seems sure
I used to count the seconds tick past,
now I�m counting years
As I watch creases set into my face
From smiles and even more tears
[chorus]
[bridge]
In place of my dreams of fortune and fame
There�s now a five-year plan and an IRA
Watchin� my old penny jar make way
to insurance and a 401K
[chorus]
-Portia 2003