Christopher Cross - I'm Too Old For This lyrics

Guess I thought this time of life would be different Thought I could cruise into my golden years But I just can't seem to put my mind at rest 'Cause I don't believe my eyes, I don't believe my ears The willful ignorance across the nation The screaming yahoos that rage on every station It makes me crazy and I'm too old for this Folks in this country used to strive to be better Work to be smarter so they could understand Now we idolize the clueless and the mean It's hip to be stupid, just wear the right brand I sound like a geezer but it's a disgrace Try to discuss it and they get all in your face It's raining morons and I'm too old for this Too old to see the lack of compa**ion Too old to watch it go out of fashion So easy just to condescend and smirk When I know I've got to do the work So I do what I have to do Fancy churches preaching 'hate thy neighbor' Corporate lies growing louder every day Folks too scared to know they're being taken TV news is poison but we just can't turn away Too many enemies; almost no friends Read your history, this is how it always ends It's sad and ugly and I'm too old for this Too old to watch the men we elected Sit on their hands when it's change we expected So hard to keep the bigotry out of my head So hard not to wish some people dead I got to keep a hold on myself Don't want this anger; I got to stay clear Too much to do before I get out of here I still believe in peace but I'm too old for this Too old to be a knee-jerk reactor Too old to let my judgment be a factor Dylan said do not go gentle into that good night He said rage against the dying of the light But I don't wanna fight I'll stick with love, beautiful thunder Someone who keeps his cool always makes 'em wonder I'll work to search out the best part of me that I can And maybe find some kinda better man Then I'll do what I have to do