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Enjoy The Ride

The World's Oldest Boy*
It's Not Looking Good*
Little Rabbit
Enjoy The Ride*
Trillionaires
This Island Life*
Canto Del Gato*
Junior Bandango*
Till The Sun Comes Out
Some God Forgives*
The Minister Of Shadows
Visions Of Dulcinea*

Doin' Time

Through The Years

Only Children

 

 

 

 

Enjoy The Ride CD Cover

The World's Oldest Boy

You weren't born just yesterday
You're prob'ly easily bored
You've got no truck with old galoots
You met galoots galore

Inside I'm not as old as I look
A well-used cover means an interesting book
The chances I took, I don't take anymore

Leave behind your baggage 'cause I'm traveling light
I've just got the breeze and a ball of string for my kite

   The only work I do is play
   I hardly ever sleep all day
   Take a ride you're sure to enjoy with the
   World's oldest boy

I guess a fish must be hungriest
Right before the feast
Now I'm playing hookey from that
Catch and release

Out on the trail it gets lonely, of course
What kind of cowboy likes kissing his horse?
But since the divorce, I'm living in peace

It's not that much of a gamble playing solitaire
Not every sock in the drawer is part of a pair

   You've kissed a lot of frogs
   I've petted lots of dogs
   Honey, you look like Helen of Troy to the
   World's oldest boy

Clearies and shooters and green cat's-eyes
My keepsies made a long row
I guess when you lose all your marbles
You're the last one to know

Just a tad loonie but not near as wild
I've kissed some good-byes and most them smiled
I'm an elderly child
Still waiting to grow

I've grown in lots of ways but it's never been up
Only getting the last laugh is just not enough

   Tomorrow's the far frontier
   But we'll make it, don't you fear
   Time is just a breakable toy to the
   World's oldest boy
   Greet your brand new bundle of joy, it's the
   World's oldest boy

 

The first song on the CD was the one I wrote last. In the style of "Margaritaville," it's a light-hearted look at getting to be an old guy. To see a video of me performing this song in its entirety on stage, click here.