When I was 15 years old , I wanted to be 16 , The age of consent , At 16 years old , I wanted to be 18 , The legal age for having a beer , At 18 years old I wanted to be 21 The age we get the key to the door , Quite why all those things seemed so important back then I don't know because they really were not that important Just targets I wanted to reach and they took forever to reach , I thought those ages would never arrive but they did of course , Now I'm 40 years old , The 19 years that followed my 21st birthday have just flown by , I haven't a clue where they've gone
I am playing football still , Rugby and soccer but this will be my last season, I was lightning fast in my youth but I have to rely on experience to close down those spaces now The speed left me in my early 30's , My hair is starting to turn grey and I must wear spectacles for reading , I play cricket in summer but I'm not sure i'll be able to see the ball this summer ,
In my head I'm still 18 years old and that guy in the mirror is my dad but I know I'm kidding myself , Back then I would be out partying until 2 or 3 in the morning and still be up at 6 o clock for work , I would do that 3 or 4 days every week but now I can only venture out at weekends , I actually asked a neighbour to turn his music down at midnight the other night , I really am turning into my dad ,
How pleased am I that I'm not a lady , Otherwise I would still have the menopause to look forward to , What a dreadful experience that must be , I know all this is just life but I'm amazed how quickly it is going