You Don't Have to be Old to be Wise lyrics

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 go high

Took a sample of the good things in life

This is the chance I'm gonna take

Gonna kick out trouble and strife

[Chorus:]

I've grown 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!

Now I don't care if the people stare

Accuse me of going mad

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

What it takes

What it's like to be free

[Chorus]

[Solo]

[Chorus]

All right 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 world of my own

I go as I please

Fend for myself

Bull out those stops

Throw 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

[repeat]

• Artist:Judas Priest
• Album:British Steel (1980)