you say you re gettin old lord older every day you say you re gettin old yeah you say you re gettin older every day now you ain t but fifty oh lord boy you shouldn t feel that way now when you get so old you can t work at no mill yeah when you get so old lord boy you can t work at no mill now don t you make no date oh lord buddy that you can t fill now if your luck don t change boy don t you be sad yeah if your luck don t change now buddy don t you be sad now you really gotta learn lord to take the good now with the bad now when you get old and your good girl don t want you around oh lord when you get old and your good girl don t want you around now you know you done run out of commission ooh boy i declare you are poorhouse bound now don t laugh buddy lord it nobody s downfall oh lord don t laugh buddy i mean it nobody s downfall because if your woman would check up on you ooh lord she put another mule in your stall