A Relative Thing

The man just past his fifty feels he's old
I'm getting on in years you hear him say
Whilst the fellow old enough to be his dad
Acts like one who is still in his prime day.

The older bloke says I still feel quite young
You ask him what age he is and he won't tell you
He only says I'm close to forty can't you tell
But on his last birthday he was seventy two.

The younger man an older man at heart
And the grim reaper can't be too far away
And the older fellow feels he is still young
Though he is older with a lot more gray.

It has been said that age is a relative thing
The younger man already feeling old
But the older man to 'father time' won't bow
You are as old as you feel we are told.

The younger man already feels he's old
And as an old man at heart he will die
But the older fellow he still feels quite young
And despite his years he still remains a boy.