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The Songs About Getting Older

""Hope I die before I get old," sang 21-year-old Roger Daltrey in 1965โ€”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 ironiesโ€”and the indignities and the gloriesโ€”of old age."

 

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

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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When I Was Older. Billie Eilish

 

 

@1968Hoya46 wrote:

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place: The Animals (see my daddy in bed heโ€™s dyinโ€™, see his hair been turning grey, heโ€™s been working and slaving his life away).


 

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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Advice for the young at heart   Tears for Fears

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Time Passages  -  Al Stewart

 

 

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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W.O.L.D:  Harry Chapin

 

I got a spot on the top of my head begging for a new toupe.

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Old Man:  Neil Young

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Old Man Down The Road:  John Fogerty

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Through The Years:  Kenny Rogers

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The Circle Game:  Joni Mitchell

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All My Life's A Circle:  Harry Chapin

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Living Years:  Mike & Mechanics

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Old Man River:  Temptations ( From the "In A Mellow Mood" album)

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How about "I wish I was 18 Again" By George Burns

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Fly Like An Eagle: Steve Miller aband

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The Old Lamplighter: The Browns

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Spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum

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Old Folks Boogie by Little Feat

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Funny How Time Slips Away-  Joe Hinton, Willie Nelson & many others.

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The Old Gray Mare - attributed to Stephen Foster but might not be his original.

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Wait For Me-   The Playmates (Iโ€™ll grow up just as fast as I can).

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But I feel I'm growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill going round
Guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune

 

Soldier of Fortune - Deep Purple  Heart

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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Grow Old With Me - John Lennon

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Silver Threads Amongst The Gold-   Bing Crosby; Jerry Lee Lewis; others.

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When Iโ€™m sixty four by the Beatles

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Sunrise, Sunset swiftly go the years

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โ€œKisses Sweeter Than Wineโ€ (Jimmy Rodgers). The happy saga follows him from a young man dating, marrying, four kids, eight grandkids, now old and โ€œready to goโ€ reviewing his life with gratitude.

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โ€œThe Three Bellsโ€  (The Browns) The story of Little Jimmy Brown, from birth through life to death.

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โ€œThe Three Bellsโ€  (The Browns) The story of Little Jimmy Brown, from birth through life to death.

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"Hello In There"  by John Prine, a wonderful and somewhat sad song about giving respect to elders 

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I've always loved this one. Voted for it several years ago. Glad to see it mentioned again.
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"Glory Days"  by Bruce Springfdield hit me right between the eyes.

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