Young and Old

It's hard to be happy at the same time
And it's not hard to end up with a closed mind
When you spend your life just trying, trying, and trying
As you make all your plans with an able body
And a mind in between young and old
Do you feel all that you love is just a favor of your dreams?
And would you throw all the best things in life away
Just keeping all of your troubles at bay?
When you're just a stone's throw to let it go
When you're somewhere between young and old
Well, I've seen what it takes out of you
When you take it all out on yourself
Never sharing the weight
Doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons
But it's a fool who bets his life away
On the strength of somebody else's claim
You can watch it all go in just one throw
When you're somewhere between young and old