The Road Don't Make You Young

All right, Jacob, let's get you started

See that shovel? Get to it

If I had one wish in this godforsaken life

I'd wish to be back home

With my children and my wife

But my debts keep pilin' up

So my work ain't ever done

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you young

I've been hanging by a thread

By a wish upon a star

That the road that I've been forced on

Doesn't go too far

Just far enough to get me

Past each day as it comes

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you young

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you young

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you young

No, you don't get any prettier

When you're toiling in the sun

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you young

This'll be the fairway

Step right up! (Take it to go, one night only, tickets are going fast)

Come on in! (Get your before we begin)

Hurry, hurry, hurry

Step right up! (You sir, wanna go down the tubs, you gotta add some candy)

Come on in! (I got something here that'll tickle your fancy)

Step right up!

Come on in!

You've been promoted, this is the menagerie

I've been waiting for the dust to settle

For the ringing in my ears to fade

So now I'm swimming down this river

Trying to keep a broken heart at bay

God willing, it'll heal someday

I've been searching for the end of the day

Hoping to give my weary bones some rest

It's not as easy as it sounds

But the sun shone down heavy as a crown

Giving life, but feeling like death

Keeping your head above the crowd

God willing, this ain't my last breath

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you young

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you young

Bite off what you can chew

'Fore they take it off of you

Ain't it so (Ain't it so)

The road don't make you-

Voila, the cooch tent

All right, ladies, here's the new bit

Do what you can, Sue

A five, six, ready, set

Ladies, look what just walked in

Who's that strappin' specimen?

Is it man or is it critter?

Ooh, ooh-ooh

Makes my heart go patter pitter

I wanna know everything about you

Genus, species, name

History unknown, not to be tamed

Ha, ha!

Genus, species, name

Genus, species, name

You, newbie, you said you could pull, it's your lucky day

Come on, furl the jib, you pickeroo, look alive

Pull it, shake it, break it, again!

There's only one road in this godforsaken life (Pull it, shake it, break it, again!)

It binds before it plummets from a godforsaken night (Pull it, shake it, break it, again!)

But you're gonna have to walk it, so you might as well have fun (Pull it, shake it, break it, again!)

Spend the dollar in your pocket while there's holler in your lungs

See Benzini Brothers Circus for a one-night only run

Ain't it so

The road don't make you young

Ain't it so

The road don't make you young

Ain't it so

The road don't make you young

Live a life worth living

When they say it can't be done

Ain't it so

The road don't make you-

Ain't it so

The road don't make you young

Ain't it so

The road don't make you young

Live a life worth living

When they say it can't be done

Ain't it so

The road don't make you-

God willing

The road don't make you-

Ladies and gentlemen!

Children of all ages

Sinners, saints, kiddies, and corpses

I give you

Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth!