When I was in my younger days, I weighed a few pounds less. I needn't hold my tummy in to wear a belted dress. But now that I am older, I've set my body free. There's the comfort of elastic 'Where once my waist would be The inventor of those high-heeled shoes My feet have not forgiven. I have to wear a nine now, But used to wear a seven. And how about those pantyhose? They're sized by weight, you see So how come when I put them on The crotch is at my knee? I need to wear these glasses As the prints been getting smaller. And it wasn't very long ago I know that I was taller Although my hair has turned to grey And my skin no longer fits, On the inside, I'm the same old me, Just the outside's changed a bit. www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk
