Once I was Dashing and Dapper,
and as one might suppose,
did quite well with the Ladies,
when... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

Back then I was trim and slim,
muscular and strong, like all G.I. Joe’s,
"Three Squares" a day, with none between,
then... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

Up ‘afore the "Crack of Dawn"
did the "Three S’s" after I arose,
calisthenics, then chin-ups, before breakfast chow,
yes, when... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

It was the Fall of Sixty,
Fort Knox, Kentucky, as we stood in rows,
Basic Training was shaping us then,
when... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

Plenty of exercise, marching and such,
combat boots, wool socks warming our toes,
"Hup, Hur, Three, Four" -- Cadence Count,
way back then... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

How quickly flew the years,
Blood, Sweat, and Tears -- and sundry other woes,
finally discharged -- Wed, Bed, then a Family,
‘twas when... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

Wrote many a Poesy about a Rose,
scribbled some runes, tunes, and even some Prose,
captured many a Memory, did it in droves,
composed when... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

Daughter and Son raised, and seen through college,
Proud parent of Two, but the marriage did close,
my Love and I just grew apart,
after... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

Five years have passed, since the Decree,
danced many a "Jig" and suffered some "Lows,"
Grew "Love Handles’ -- got some Bursitis,
all this since... I wore a Younger Man’s Clothes.

Two months time --"Thar She Blows!"
Ole Retirement shows, yet everyone knows,
the mind grows younger, when playing back Life’s
"Shows,"
so, at Sixty-Five -- I STILL WEAR A Younger Man’s Clothes !!!

Got me some Dingo Boots,
and a Cowboy Hat,
doin’ "Booty Call," shootin’ Pool, singin’ Karaoke,
that’s where it’s AT ---
Gonna find me a Woman,
start a new Life,
Heck, Pardner, maybe even a Wife?

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