For a woman transitioning to a Certain Age, Michael Flanders told it thusly:
I never thought, quite suddenly, The day would come at last, When I must quietly tell myself, My dear, your youth has past. Now you must learn to wear a shawl, And wrap up when it's cold, For yesterday I felt still young, Today I know I'm old. Today a bus conductor showed me age has left its scar, Instead of saying "Hop in, ducks," he said "Now come on, Ma!"
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I never thought, quite suddenly,
The day would come at last,
When I must quietly tell myself,
My dear, your youth has past.
Now you must learn to wear a shawl,
And wrap up when it's cold,
For yesterday I felt still young,
Today I know I'm old.
Today a bus conductor showed me age has left its scar,
Instead of saying "Hop in, ducks," he said "Now come on, Ma!"