something's out to get me

something's out to get me

something's on my trail

something like that bird dog running down that quail

maybe it's that hellhound

begging for my soul

something's out to get me

and something's on a roll

nothing used to get to me when i was young and strong

my foolish ways were wicked

yet i could do no wrong

i thought i was immortal

immunized from my own sin

nothing used to get to me

but now something's moving in

life's like an elevator

least that's what i have found

you push a lot of buttons

but what goes up comes down

getting old might make you wiser

like they say it should

but getting old's just getting old

and old ain't much damn good

there's a natural order

least that's what i have found

there's a limit on the time you get to stick around

book a table in a restaurant

but you can't sit there all night

there's another party waiting

and the maitre d's uptight

something is relentless

like an ocean wave

you got to take it lying down

from the cradle to the grave

but if there's one small comfort

one thing i know is true

that something out to get me is out to get you too