You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise

I've had enough of being programmed
 And told what I ought to do
 Let's get one thing straight
 I'll choose my fate
 And it's got nothing to do with you
 The years are flying by and it's time I got high
 Took a sample of the good things in life
 This is a chance I'm gonna take
 Gonna get out trouble and strife
 I grow sick and tired of the same old lies
 Might look a little young
 So what's wrong
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 No, I don't care that the people stare
 Accuse me of going mad
 Just get a long hard look into the mirror
 Then tell me now who's been had
 The way things are going I won't get a show in
 Don't seem a lot of time, not to me
 So it's off with the ties
 No compromise
 Wanna taste what it's like to be free
 I grow sick and tired of the same old lies
 Might look a little young
 So what's wrong
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 I grow sick and tired of the same old lies
 Might look a little young
 So what's wrong
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 Alright, I'm down on the reins
 Holding the rope
 Live and let live from now on
 And as the free hand
 Alone a free man
 I got a will of my own
 I go as I please
 Fend for myself
 Pull all the stops, roll the dice
 Out on my own, gonna go it alone
 When I need it
 Then I'll ask for advice
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 You don't have to be old to be wise
 You don't have to be old to be wise