[ti:It's The Age That Makes A Difference] [ar:Ernest Tubb] [al:The Singer, The Writer, The Country Pioneer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It's The Age That Makes A Difference - Ernest Tubb [00:03.72]Written by:George Sherry/Vernon Claude [00:07.44]When I was just a little boy [00:09.69]And life was bright and new [00:12.24]Asking foolish questions was all I could find to do [00:18.39]One day I asked my grandpa [00:20.46]Why he moved around so slow [00:23.01]He said listen son [00:24.29]I'll tell you if you really wanna know [00:29.14]It's the age that makes the difference [00:31.45]And the difference you can see [00:34.27]I'm running out of what the doctors call vitality [00:40.18]I'm just like a dried up apple [00:42.39]That keeps hanging through a tree [00:45.16]It's the age that makes the difference [00:47.34]And the difference tells on me [00:57.82]So when I started courting [00:59.54]I was bashful and shy [01:02.61]It tore me all to pieces [01:04.78]When a girl winked her eye [01:08.70]But when I started catching on I didn't learn to slow [01:13.76]Pretty soon they said I was a reckled Romeo [01:19.26]It was the age that makes the difference [01:22.20]And the difference put me wise [01:24.74]That the time was right for loving [01:27.05]And the limit was the skies [01:31.44]Pretty soon I found out [01:33.07]What it took to not come cold [01:35.70]It was the age that made the difference [01:37.97]And the difference made me bold [01:48.41]Not long ago I was a man that really got around [01:53.22]But here I've laid [01:54.28]I've noticed that I started slowing down [01:59.47]I find that ain't no trouble now [02:01.83]To stay at home at night [02:04.26]I'm mild and mellowed now [02:06.12]But I will soon be over right [02:10.21]It's the age that makes the difference [02:12.52]And the difference makes me know [02:15.32]That my high speed days are over [02:17.37]And I'll have to take it slow [02:21.38]I ain't really feeling older [02:23.60]But I just don't feel the same [02:26.30]It's the age that makes the difference [02:28.54]Father time can make a change