Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Stamped a page in seventy-nine
I got crow's feet and a crooked spine
She counts her birthdays like loose change
Nineteen candles on a burnt-out cake
She says the mirror lies
I say the mirror's late
[Pre-Chorus]
So tear the page
Tear the whole thing out
What's written in ink
Ain't what I'm about
[Chorus]
It's just a number baby
Just a number on a shelf
It's just a number baby
Ask my heart it knows itself
(Age is nothing)
Nothing but a line
(Age is nothing)
Yours is beating next to mine
[Verse 2]
I limp when the weather turns
She runs circles round my tired words
My hands shake when I pour the tea
She steadies them so easily
They see an old man and a kid
We see two fools who never did
[Pre-Chorus]
So burn the book
Burn the whole damn thing
The years don't count
The pulse does
[Chorus]
It's just a number baby
Just a number on a shelf
It's just a number baby
Ask my heart it knows itself
(Age is nothing)
Nothing but a line
(Age is nothing)
Yours is beating next to mine
[Bridge]
Count my wrinkles count my scars
Count the miles between the stars
I don't care I don't care
What the paper says I am
[Chorus]
It's just a number baby
Just a number on a shelf
It's just a number baby
Ask my heart it knows itself
(Age is nothing)
Nothing but a line
(Age is nothing)
Yours is beating next to mine
[Outro]
Beating next to mine
Beating next to mine
(Just a number)
(Just a number)