Those Dan Baird lyrics I was talking about a while back…
“Younger Face”
Another five and dime, local would-be legend
Well you’re nearly done, so you better just let it ride
Kinda sad now, you’re outdated
Nothing special, in fact you’re fated
for the younger face to take your place
screamin’ step aside
He’s steppin’ on your pride
And if you’re gonna bore us to death with those worn out war stories
at least have the decency to buy us all another round
Kinda strange now, you don’t matter
in fact you better be quick to flatter
the younger face come and take your place
Don’t it bring you down?
And this used to be your town…
He sticks out his hand, smiles and says
“hey, thanks for the memories”
As he turns and walks away
he’s taking everything you used to be
All the young lions laugh and point in your direction
Was it really that long ago that you stood inside their shoes?
Your final scene comes down so tragic
Here he comes, as if by magic
The younger faces come and take your place
Man, you’re yesterday’s news
Got nothin’ left to lose
The younger face come to take your place x 2
The younger face, to take your place
Thanks to Dan Baird himself for proof-reading what I had on this, since his solo lyrics are pretty hard to find online. The album the song is on is called “Buffalo Nickel”, and while I’d love to see some of the money from the sales of it actually go to Dan, I don’t think it still does. Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong here, because I’d rather see Dan make money than Rick Rubin. Until that happens, hit half.com, they should still have it cheap.