Stormin,

I've got a hunch that this is the poem you seek:

The golden years are really metallic years,
gold in the tooth, silver in your hair
and most of all lead in the pants.

If that is the quote that you were thinking of, then you can try
the following Goggle search to see if there is more to the poem:
"gold in the tooth" "lead in the pants"


Gideon