The Here & The Now Lyrics - Older Than My Old Man Now - Loudon Wainwright Iii

The strangest story ever told 

Was how I got to be this old 

At the close of WWII, 

My folks did the did that the young folks do 

In '46 out I came, this world would never be the same! 

I don't know why, I'm not sure how 

I wined up here to the here and the now 

He don't know why, he's not sure how 

He made it here to the here and the now! 

In the 1950s I was just a kid 

Did all the kids stuff you people did 

I rode a bike, I threw a ball, ? 

The 60s came I ? scary and the parents the ? 

I don't know why, I'm not sure how 

I wined up here to the here and the now 

He don't know why, he's not sure how 

He made it here to the here and the now! 

In the 70s I made it big ? you did 

I took a wife, we had some kids 

Screwed that up and went on ? 

In the 80s I started a brand new life 

Had another kid, I took another wife 

I don't know why, I'm not sure how 

I wined up here to the here and the now 

He don't know why, he's not sure how 

He made it here to the here and the now! 

In the 1990's there I went again 

Made me a few more female friends 

Then.. in love ? 

Had another wife, another blessing event. 

In the 21st century I'm down that old 

My seats staring, my lungs are cold 

It all makes sense the why and the how 

Soon I'll be out of here, the here and the now 

It all makes sense the why and the how 

Soon I'll be out of here, the here and the now