Act Your Age lyrics

I was just a little boy My father said to me Don't ever play with guns Or watch too much TV Now I'm watching Elvis On a jumbo screen With a big ol' gun in my hand He said act your age Act your age Ain't it strange How your body's a cage When you act your age When I was wild and in my teens I spent all my time tasting illicit things Smoking and drinking and being obscene When I was in my teens They said act your age Act your age Ain't it strange How your body's a cage When you act your age Now I'm old and grey My children say to me (act your age, act your age) 'No howling at the Moon Or drinking with the sea' (act your age, act your age) So I'm sailing by the stars Barking, oh blah-dee (act your age, act your age) With a tumbler of rye in hand They said act your age Act your age Ain't it strange How your body's a cage When you act your age