Other Side of 35

I can still see mama clear as day

Lookin’ in the mirror countin’ the grey

Rantin’ and ravin’ about pushin’ 40 and the laws of gravity

It was hard for me to wrap my mind

Around anything other than Friday night

My world was girls and cars and beer

And hank at 17

And the other side of 35 was a spot ‘cross the state route road

It was a nowhere no rules no easy way to get to

Hang where we’d all go

there was no place else we’d rather be

We were young, we were cool, we were wild and free

Having the time of our lives

On the other side of 35

Never thought of growing up back then

But 20 came and 30 went

And 35 turned into more than a sign on an overpass

And it’s a lot years from 17

But it ain’t as old as it used to seem

When life was whiskey bent and hell bound screamin’ through the dash

Well now it ain’t there

And I ain’t there no more

But that’s ok cause that’s what a memory’s for

And now I’m havin’ the time of my life

Here on the other side