don t let us get old don t let us get stupid all right just make us be brave and make us play nice and let us be together tonight the sky was on fire when i walked to the mill to take up the slack in the line i thought of my friends and the troubles they ve had to keep me from thinking of mine don t let us get sick don t let us get old don t let us get stupid all right just make us be brave and make us play nice and let us be together tonight