they're kicking their heels and revving their wheels searching for better times
me I'm kicking into my prime
'cos I was born at the right time.
2.)
Old men's thoughts are in the past their future holds no store
their lives are left in tatters fighting someone else's war
I wasn't party to that crime
'cos I was born at the right time.
Now I'm living on the coastline
I got up from the breadline
now I'm drinking the good wine
go fishing in the summer time
sleep all day if I have a mind
'cos I was born at the right time
yes I was born at the right time.
3.)
I want no part of being young, don't want the wisdom of a sage
while there are songs still to be sung, new words to grace the page
a better age I'll never find
'cos I was born at the right time.
Now I'm living on the coastline
I got up from the breadline
now I'm drinking the good wine
go fishing in the summer time
sleep all day if I have a mind
'cos I was born at the right time.
4.)
And so while wishing that we'll all see better days
my secret feeling is I'm happy in my ways
an inner smile comes on me thinking of the past
but I won't sigh for days gone by
now is where I'm at.
Now I'm living on the coastline
I got up from the breadline
now I'm drinking the good wine
go fishing in the summer time
sleep all day if I have a mind
'cos I was born at the right time
yes I was born at the right time.
and I'm sleeping on the coastline
I got up from the breadline
now I'm drinking the good wine
go fishing in the summer time
sleep all day if I have a mind
'cos I was born at the right time
I was born at the right time
I was born at the right time
and I was born at the right time