At onescore I was arrogant And twoscore I was dumb Now threescore how transcendent At last to overcome Much past indiscretion such as One who two through threescore has Digression after of before Not what I was meant for But life went on though I went Arrogant no more When what I thought I knew Ingrown went unknown out the door One knew then the score was two One who outgrew it inwardly To overcome the dumb More a total than a sum As I grew into me I knew then how I grew to be As I say today at three Fourscore here I come Steven Curtis Lance