Welcome To the Club

Right out the gates they slap you And here it is, you brand new Don't worry there's much more to come As you take in your new view A cold gray world to greet you Welcome to the club Just a kid in all you do Do everything that they tell you Act up and you'll be drugged Learning early to stay in line Mind your manners and you'll do fine Welcome to the club Quickly are your teenage years Not finding friends, your biggest fear In wanting to be loved You clutch and grab at any straw Try your best to bend its will Welcome to the club As you reach for adolescence There's no more need to be guessing You'll figure out soon enough You'll learn in time to accept them All of these hard knock life lessons Welcome to the club Then you reach adult years All your hopes, dreams, and fears Get rolled up into one Your youthful vigor will soon become Worn out jeans inside the wash Welcome to the club You watch in wonder as years fly by Hear distant thunder from your coming life Close but not yet done There's a few more angry bites To be taken out your hide Welcome to the club Now old and gray is all you see Pack your bags get set to leave As aches and pains daily beat you up Inches away from the grave No more need to count the days Welcome to the club