Geezer Talk (Baby Boomer Blues) chords by 
Allan Thomas 
N/A
Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Gears of Talk, that's all we have to say.
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Are your knees hold ing up?
How's your back today?
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Once we talked about girls
and the state of the world.
Now it aches and pains,
how it waxes and wanes.
How's the new drug
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working on the lesion in your eye?
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Who's the best orthopedist
to review an MRI?
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Gears of Talk, that's all we ever say.
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Isn't there something else
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be sides a ribbon and decay?
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The stiff ness in your neck,
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Sore tendons in your hand,
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the bunion on your foot
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that kill s when you stand
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Swelling in your finger
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when you press the remote
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The sting you get
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when the kids call you an old goat
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Keys are talk -talk in',
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baby boomer blues
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We're held to gether
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by titanium screws
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Don't skip your medication,
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go easy with that cane
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Don't wanna trip and break your hip
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or wind up with a sprain
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Jim needs a new shoulder
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af ter fall ing from a tree
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I need a new memory,
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cause mine ain't what it used to be.
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Geezers used to do this,
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they used to be that.
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Now they're sitting on their rear,
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drinking beer, chewing the fat.
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You're grown when you get out of bed,
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but it feels like a ton of lead.
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There's a pounding in your head,
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that's just the starters.
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Duck s numbers on speed di al,
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should you get un steady.
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Have I be proven at hand,
and an ice bag at the ready.
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Geezers lose their glasses
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on a con tinu al basis.
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Can't read a thing,
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or recognize any one's faces
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Some weeks are better than others,
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some you'd rather for get
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But you want to be in that number,
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instead of the opposite
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His ankles acting up again,
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her tooth is five alarm
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I'm a hy pochondriac,
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what's that throbbing in my arm?
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Geezer talk non -stop,
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working up a sweat
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Bring the fountain of youth,
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get dis covered yet
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The cortisone kicked in,
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my knees not so num b
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Just one shot away from a
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functioning thumb
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Skin's thin as paper,
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eas ily bruised and cut
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Lost inches off my height,
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what's happened to my but t?
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Gays that talk, how they squawk,
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the whining never end s
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Can hardly wait till the day
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you have to wear the pants
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Skip the bathroom mir ror,
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avoid the shocking sight
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Hair that once was black,
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skin no longer tight
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You meet the chiropract or
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hoping for some relief
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Then the psychi atrist
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to alleviate your grief
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Giza takes supple ments
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as if they were candy
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Got a hot water bottle
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and a first aid kit handy
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Sue claim s it ain't easy
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for Giza to date
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Different de grees of decrepitude
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right out of the gate
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Has a defibril lator that's
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state -of -the -art
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In case she has to revive
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Giz a's heart
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Giz a talk revolves
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around a similar story
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Quit now if ain't hard
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and when the going get s gory
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Dav id reads x -rays just like a pro
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Friends ask his opin ions
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of the symptoms they show
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But the dog stole his dentures
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and people have to mime
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Cause he lost his hear ing aid
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for the umpteenth time
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Geezer talk is something
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only geezers can re late
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Need a cure for geezer itis
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be fore it's too late
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Watch out for infec tions
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and things like pneumo nia
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Be sure to have a friend
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that'll always phone ya
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When you're an eld er the
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clock tick s faster
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An d it seems like there's always
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an impending dis aster
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He isn't talking yet,
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but it's a crying shame
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But you can't go back to
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looking or feeling the same
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Ed tried yoga, but just couldn't stretch
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They showed him the door,
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cause he was act ing like a latch
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So he took to gambling on bingo night s
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And hooked up with a geyserette
and blackfoot skin tights
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Gey sers can for hours,
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you'll soon discover
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Love to complain about
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one thing or the other
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Stuff my vapor izer with medi cinal weed
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Got a stack of medical journals
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I just have to read
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My only wish is for a peaceful night
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Wake up to morrow, re sume the fight
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A geezer greeting is more than just hel lo
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You ask how's the ticker
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and cholesterol
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Then he ain't the same since
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he took Viagra
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Thinks every night's like
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a honey moon in Niagara
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At first it was fun ,
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now it's off the scale
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His wife tries to run, but it's of no avail.
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Gizitog will somehow al ways be a thing.
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His foot's in a cast,
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her arm's in a sling.
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It's time to pay the piper
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for all that fun.
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For the wild and risky things
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that you've ever done.
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Better make the most
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of what you've been giv en.
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Right now, while there's
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time to do some living.
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Gizitog gone, and on it goes.
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Discuss the next sur gery's
cons and pros.
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You're lyin' awake and
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wonderin' what's in store
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You get to where you think
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you can't take no more
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All things con sidered,
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it's been quite a journey
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But love, you stick around
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be fore they eat me on that gurney
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Geese are movin' slow,
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slow as a tortoise
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Try in' to stay ahead of Mr. Rigor Mor tis
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