Lyric discussion by AmonaLisa 

This is actually one of my favorite counting crows songs- I can't believe there are only two comments. I'm 18 years old, but for some reason this song stirs up a lot of emotion for me. It is exactly what i don't want to be saying when I'm 40. He still does not have it figured out, he's still wanting to change things about himself.

He still wants all these things, "I wanna buy me a good heart, and a conscience, maybe raise some children I wanna get me a good wife, and God and God and God and God."

And after 40 years, he still hasn't made himself into this person that he wants to be. So it takes 40 years... to get where, to have accomplished what?

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