Old Enough To Know Better - Lloyd Cole

In the prime of your life

At a time when a crisis is common in men

Old enough to know better

In the middle of life

Equally distant from mother and maker and my

Old enough to know better

Look at you man, she says

You’re mutton dressed as lamb

Fancy yourself, very gentleman’s quarterly

What in the world would a home county girl want with you?

Opportunity waits

In the window for men in a moment of weakness

Old enough to know better

And when it’s too late, she smiles

Takes your hand and says, sorry I ruined your life

Old enough to know better

Look at you man, she says

You’re mutton dressed as lamb

Fancy yourself, very gentleman’s quarterly

What in the world would a home county girl want with you?

There’s no release in your life…