Eighteen, is one fine age to be
You say goodbye to the child, hello to the world
A new scene, on the stage of existence
Your future is calling you on to where fate may take you

And of all the ages to be
if a genie gave me that wish
it would be eighteen

yes, eighteen
she was when she came to me
i was feeling down and caught in a rut
she brought a freshness to a world that was stale and dreary
taking me back to a magic time in my life

and of all the ages to be etc.

now eighteen
is all the years i have left
'til i reach three score and ten and quite a bit more
and that's when it's due to end or thereabouts
but i don't care
because wishing and whisky can take me back to eighteen

and of all the ages to be etc.