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The Older I Get (The Better I Was)

from SO IT GOES by Quinton Patterson Briggs

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This songs comes from a John Wayne Quote: "The older I get, the better I was." More and more these days, I understand what he meant.

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THE OLDER I GET
(The Better I Was)

The older I get the better I was
From a distance the more I see
If I tried too hard, it was all because
I was playing for eternity

I never could find the Wizard of Oz
The yellow-brick road turned blue
The patron saint of a hopeless cause
Had trouble believing, too
He had trouble believing, too

So it goes
The truth will find you
And so it goes

You can click your heels...you can spin around
Cross your heart while touching wood
You can shed your shoes on holy ground
If you think it does you good
If it does you a little good

So it goes
The truth will find you
So it goes
The light can blind you
And so it goes

So it goes
The truth will find you
And so it goes

You can't undo the things you've done
Wherever you choose to roam
They will come to haunt you, one by one
When you finally come back home

The older I get...the better I was
From a distance the more I see
If I tried too hard, it was all because
I was playing for eternity
Playing for eternity

So it goes
The truth will find you
So it goes
The light can blind you
So it goes
Time will bind you
So it goes

So it goes...
So it goes...
So it goes

Quinton Patterson Briggs
05-10-15

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from SO IT GOES, track released August 15, 2015
Words & Music: QPB
Vocals: QPB
Guitars: QPB
Mouth Harp: QPB

Licensing: BLUE DOG TUNES for Kitchen Recordings
2015

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Quinton Patterson Briggs Springfield, Missouri

Quinton Patterson Briggs is a singer/songwriter who has been making music for over forty years. His musical influences include Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, and John Stewart. He also taught literature and writing for thirty-five years. QPB has written over 500 songs, including "The Ballad of the Twin Towers" on display National September 11 Memorial and Museum at "Ground Zero" in NYC. ... more

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