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?

[bgsdaughter]

When I'm 64, It was a Very good Year, and September Song, I'm Still Here (Stephen Sondheim)

[SKCodner]

When I'm 64! Awesome song.

[smetro]

Yup!  One of my favorites, too-never thought "64" would happen to me though...!

[camc]

Forever and Ever, Amen by Randy Travis

[bjt41157]

My favorite Randy Travis song! 🙂

[sandy5437]

"Timer" by Laura Nyro

[star67star]

Landslide

Fleetwood Mac

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til the landslide brought it down
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older, too

Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older, too
Oh, I'm getting older, too

[s804940b]

Seven Years Old

[ed43561971]

I wrote a song called "Spring's Training" which seems to usually get a laugh and a nod from audiences. One of the verses goes

Everyday I force myself to walk

I'm drinking protein shakes like a jock

Bulking up around my wastelIne

Oh the jowls on this jawline

Why won't that spring spell work on me

Spring's training

I'm complaining

I'm being cut from the team

It would seem

Eddy Delbridge

[ed43561971]

Thank you

[gm48994941]

When I am old and gray Nellie

[ed43561971]

Thank you to the listeners who gave me kudos

[rc8149]

We always listen.  I sometimes learn a thing or two.

And sometimes the post brings back memories to me.

PEACE

[bgsdaughter]

Very clever!

[RonandDeb]

"YOUNG AT HEART"  -  sung by Frank Sinatra  -  written by Johnny Richards.  I absolutely love the message of this song and I love the melody!

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you're young at heart

For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on your way

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on Earth
To be young at heart

For as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
Then here is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

[rondogpike]

Night Moves

I was a little too tall
Could've used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly reknown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy
Workin' on mysteries without any clues
Workin' on our night moves
Tryin' to make some front page drive-in news
Workin' on our night moves
In the summertime
In the sweet summertime

We weren't in love, oh no, far from it
We weren't searchin' for some pie in the sky summit
We were just young and restless and bored
Livin' by the sword
And we'd steal away every chance we could
To the backroom, to the alley or the trusty woods
I used her, she used me
But neither one cared
We were gettin' our share
Workin' on our night moves
Tryin' to lose the awkward teenage blues
Workin' on our night moves
And it was summertime
Sweet summertime summertime

And oh the wonder
We felt the lightning
And we waited on the thunder
Waited on the thunder

I awoke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in

by Bob Seger

[j753469r]

Those were the days- Mary H1966 XLCHThose were the Days- Mary Hopkins

[MaVolta]

In the Time of Our Lives - Iron Butterfly

Listen to the clock beat as it ticks out time away,
And listen to the birds' laughter as they live for today,
And listen to the heart beat as it beats our lives away.

These are the things that we hear in our world,
And these are the things that we hear in the time of our lives,
In the time of our lives.

[mp8908]

               Middle Of The Road           Pretenders

[rc8149]

Against The Wind        By     Bob Seger  

[DED46]

Jack and Lucy - Delia Bell and Bill Grant

[j13013l]

Old Man. Neil Young 

[rc8149]

Much to young (to feel this damm old)     by   Garth Brooks

[LookOverYonder]

Get Up and Go      Pete Seeger

"How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get up and go has got up and went
But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
And think of the places my get up has been"

"I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I'm not there I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed."   🙂

[mp8908]

            Castle On The Hill                Ed Sheeran

[rc8149]

    Still Crazy After All These Years      by     Paul Simon

[nyadrn]

Peace in the Valley. Elvis

[rc8149]

   (Just Like) Starting Over    By         John Lennon

[mp8908]

               September Song             Willie Nelson

[rc8149]

          Feeling Mortal      by       Kris Kristofferson