all grey men (seventeen again)

five and ten and fifteen years
are off into the blue
say your prayers for Kevin Ayres
Frank and Donald too
if you think you'll live forever
i'll tell you it's a lie
it's been near forty year
in the blink of an eye

now D. has got his pencil
and i'm manning the marantz
crazy fans of euro-bands
from germany and france
the years are far behind me
but the music never leaves
now back they're staring at me
from the old record sleeve

now they're all grey men
but still young buggers as the record spins
gonna skip it to the middle when the third verse ends
and the song rolls on
like i'm seventeen again
stealing records from the bargain bin
nobody's gonna miss 'em so it ain't no sin
tracks a whole side long