Lookin´ in the mirror and you don´t look the same
Girls from your past getting new last names
High school friends burning out like their cigarettes
Guess that´s what happens the older you get

Start to wish you could´ve been sixteen forever
´Cause you know your favourite band ain´t getting back together
And the nights you don´t remember are the nights that you´ll never forget
Guess that´s what happens the older you get

Oh, that´s just the way it goes, oh-oh
And, oh, that´s just the way it goes, oh-oh

Life´s goin´ good, but you wonder what´s after
´Cause Dad´s moving slower and time´s moving faster
You hug a little tighter and you say the things you never said
Guess that´s what happens
Sometimes the cancer goes away, and sometimes it don´t

So, now, when your momma calls, you always pick up the phone
And you talk a little longer ´cause tomorrow is not a sure bet
Ooh-ooh, oh-oh

Oh, that´s just the way it goes, oh-oh
And, oh, that´s just the way it goes, oh-oh

Ooh (Hey)
Guess that´s what happens the older you get
(Ooh) Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

The house you grew up in is now gettin´ sold
And a box full of memories is worth more than gold
You close your eyes one last time in your childhood bed

Guess that´s what happens, what happens, oh
Home was a place, now home is a person
And you´re lookin´ at rings ´cause you swear that you´re certain
And the best day of your life becomes the day that the two of you met
Guess that´s what happens the older you get

Oh, that´s just the way it goes, oh-oh
And, oh, that´s just the way it goes, oh-oh-oh-oh
And, oh, that is just the way it goes, ooh-woah-woah-woah
And, oh, oh, that´s just the way it goes