C'mon Sixty Five

Somewhere on the old Kern River there's an old cane pole
That waits for me  patiently  this city job might drag me 
down
But one fine day I'm gonna be set free  wait and see
And then I'm gonna go down to where the waters touch the 
sky
Where the old men's laughter goes like a lullaby

Sixty five c'mon sixty five  it's a sin to waste my life 
away
But I can't wait till I'm sixty five c'mon sixty five
There's a gold watch if I get out alive  past sixty five

Now somewhere in my memories I recall a boy
Seventeen  full of dreams  dreams and life just stripped 
away
A layer at a time now what's left  ain't hardly me
Oh but I saved up a little here and there to get me by
Enough to mend my ragged wings and once again I'll fly

Sixty five c'mon sixty five  it's a sin to waste my life 
away
But I can't wait till I'm sixty five c'mon sixty five
Lord the object of the games is to survive  past sixty five

I've heard it said that hard work never did a body's body
Any harm  well they were wrong  cause all these years of 
lifting things
I should of left alone took their toll  my will was strong
And the day that I walk out of here I'll hold my head up 
high
Then I'll pawn this stupid watch and kiss thirty years 
goodbye

Now somewhere on the old Kern River there's an old cane 
pole

That waits for me  patiently