The Songs About Getting Older

[nyadrn]

""Hope I die before I get old," sang 21-year-old Roger Daltrey in 1965—and 43 years later, he's still singing it. Rock 'n' roll has always been invested in a Byronic cult of blazing youth and beautiful corpses. But as tyros have turned into reunion-tour warhorses, rockers have had to come to terms with the ironies—and the indignities and the glories—of old age."

What are the songs that talk about getting older, looking back, etc?

[MaVolta]

My Way - Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley (lyrics by Paul Anka)

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Live Before You Die - Bon Jovi

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The Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg 

[Makara63]

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@MaVolta wrote:

The Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg 

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Wow! I haven't heard that song In forever!

[mariank184952]

Life goes on. John cougar Mellencamp

[rc8149]

Grow  OLD  With Me     by   John Lennon

Sad note about this song was it was to be recorded

on Lennon's  'Double Fantasy".

He was shot before that could happen. RIP.

Yoko had it recorded on the "Milk And Honey'

posthumous album.  Later Yoko asked George

Martin to add an orchestral for the use on

John Lennon Anthology album........

[MaVolta]

Trip Around the Sun - Jimmy Buffett & Martina McBride

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             I Don't Want To Grow Up            Tom Waits

[nyadrn]

GROW OLD WITH ME     JOHN LENNON

released after John's death..  

[PattyDiane]

"I Won't Grow Up", from the musical "Peter Pan" 

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          Once I Was 7 Years Old            Lukas Graham

[gatorgorilla]

Those Were The Days    Mary Hopkin

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Is That All There Is     Peggy Lee

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Song title removed.  Song was about looking forward, rather than looking back   - "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)", by The Beach Boys.

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Do It Again     The Beach Boys

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Once Upon A Time    Frank Sinatra

[gatorgorilla]

"Try To Remember"

       from the musical, "The Fantasticks"

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          Downside of Growing Up              Maddie & Tae

[millineutron]

When I'm Sixty-Four -- The Beatles

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The Circle Game -- Joni Mitchell

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My Back Pages -- Bob Dylan

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Cat's in the Cradle -- Harry Chapin

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Father & Son -- Cat Stevens

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            As Good As I Once Was               Toby Keith

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The Boxer -- Simon & Garfunkel

[MaVolta]

Teach Your Children - CSN

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[MaVolta]

Billy the Kid - Billy Dean

A nice reflection on childhood days!

[lm4070]

OLD FOLKS BOOGIE!

[MaVolta]

Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark

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                 When We Were Young                   Adele