The Road Don’t Make You Young

Lyrics

[CAMEL, spoken] All right, Jacob, let's get you started See that shovel? Get to it [WADE] If I had one wish in this god forsaken life [WADE & CAMEL] 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 [CAMEL] 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 [WADE] Just far enough to get me Past each day as it comes [CAMEL & WADE] 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 makе you young [CAMEL, spoken] This'll be the fairway [ENSEMBLE] Step right up! Comе on in! Step right up! (Step right up, step right up) Come on in! Step right up! Come on in! [CAMEL, spoken] You've been promoted. This is the menagerie [JACOB] 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 [BARBARA, VERA, & SUE] I've been searching for the end of the day Hoping to give my weary bones some rest [JACOB] It's not as easy as it sounds [BARBARA, VERA, & SUE] But the sun shown down Heavy as a crown Giving life, but feeling like death [JACOB] Keeping your head above the crowd [WADE] God willing, this ain't my last breath [ENSEMBLE] 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-- [CAMEL, spoken] Voila, the cooch tent [BARBARA, spoken] All right ladies, here's the new bit Do what you can, Sue A five, six, ready, set [BARBARA, VERA, & SUE] 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 [WADE, spoken] 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! [sung] There's only one road in this god forsaken life It binds before it plummets From a god forsaken night But you're gonna have to walk it So you might as well have fun Spend the dollar in your pocket While there's hollar in your lungs [ALL] 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- [AUGUST] Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages Sinners, saints, kiddies, and corpses I give you Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth!