The Tournament of Getting Older Lyrics

Drown your sorrow in drink till you die.
Then run around as you grow colder.
Back and forth I will swing all my life
in this tournament of getting older.
I'm talking s*** but I don't know why

The winter snow is falling,
watch it cover my coffin, oh my god.

So you can trust me not to lie down sober.

I'm talking s*** but I don't know why

The winter snow is falling,
watch it cover my coffin, oh my god.

This is me leaving Carolina for high ground.

Drown your sorrow in drink till you die.
Then run around as you grow colder.
Back and forth I will swing all my life;
this tournament of getting older.
I'm talking s*** but I don't know why

The winter snow is falling,
watch it cover my coffin, oh my god.

So you can trust me not to lie down with nowhere to belong...

For a loaded gun with one silver tongue lashing out,
like fireflies from God Almighty,
no victory, no infantry to sentence me.
Cause we all fly like the fourth of July,
burning bright for one second at a time
where all things gold and all great beyonds
can carry on and on and on...

I won't stop loving you, child.
I won't wish it away,
but I'll take my time
and meet you in the tournament.

Drown your sorrow in drink till you die,
then run around as you grow colder.
Back and forth I will swing all my life
in this tournament of getting older.