What are some songs about being 21?

[Frozen Fish Sticks]

I think the thread title is pretty clear.

[Oredigger77]

"It sucks to be under 21" - Real Big Fish

I'm sure I'm missing some obvious ones but the rest i can think of are about 16 and 17

[malkavia]

I listened to Cranberries - 21 almost all day on my 21st birthday. I dont even know if that's what the song is about.. but it was kind of melancholy and so was I.

o/` twenty one.. twenty one.. today... today.. o/`

[Freudian Slit]

"It Was a Very Good Year" is about being seventeen, twenty-one and thirty-five.

[want2know]

Jackson Browne 's "Running on Empty" contains the line "In '69 I was 21".

[Ludovic]

Dashboard Confessional (forget the name of the song):
We're not 21.
But the sooner we are the sooner the fun will begin
So get out your fake eyelashes,
Your fake IDs and real disasters,
and grow up fast.

[saoirse]

If you are 21
You can have a lot of fun
Now I'm gonna be 22
I say oh my and a-boo-hoo

Iggy, "1969," okay?

[An Gadaí]

"I was 21 years when I wrote this song, I'm 22 now but I won't be for long" - Billy Bragg, A New England

[koeeoaddi]

Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded by Warren Zevon
...she was twenty-one or two
and she knew what she wanted
she wanted that gamblin' man

Someday Soon by Ian Tyson
There's a young man that I know
His age is twenty one
He comes from down in southern Colorado

Galveston by Glen Campbell
She was 21 when I left Galveston

[An Arky]

21 and Over - The Romantics (from National Breakout)

[Frozen Fish Sticks]

Thanks for the responses, you guys are quick!

But are these songs about being 21 or just have a few lines in them that mention being 21?

[pravnik]

"And I turned 21 in prison, doin' life without parole
No one could steer me right, but mama tried, mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleadin' I denied
That leaves only me to blame cause mama tried."

- "Mama Tried," Waylon Jennings

"Now when I was a little boy,
At the age of five,
I had somethin in my pocket,
Keep a lot of folks alive.

Now Im a man,
Made twenty-one,
You know baby,
We can have a lot of fun.

Im a man,
I spell m-a-n...man."

- "I'm a Man," Bo Diddley

[msmith537]

Anthem, Blink-182

"But good things come to those who wait, 'cause she laid me
And mom and dad possess the key, instant slavery
No need to explain the plan, no need to even bother
I'll pack my bags, I swear I'll run, wish my friends were 21"

[ShibbOleth]

When I was twenty-one it was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair and it came undone
When I was twenty-one

- Ol' Blue Eyes

[Hal Briston]

Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen

[Petey]

"It sucks to be under 21" - Real Big Fish


That's actually "Under 21" by Save Ferris

[ErinPuff]

Emiliana Torrini - Unemployed in Summertime

Unemployed in summertime
I've only just turned 21, I'll be OK
Unemployed in summertime
Don't need money 'cause we're young

[Ludovic]

That line always seems like "Only Justin 21", but I knew it couldn't be that -- thanks!

[Sternvogel]

Gordon Lightfoot's Sweet Guinevere (http://www.actionext.com/names_g/gordon_lightfoot_lyrics/sweet_guinevere.html) is about a girl who's "a bit pretty, just turned twenty-one".

[garygnu]

"I was 21 years when I wrote this song, I'm 22 now but I won't be for long" - Billy Bragg, A New England
You mean "Leaves That Are Green" by Simon and Garfunkel ;)

[panamajack]

The Eagles Twenty One, off Desperado:

Twenty one and strong as I can be
I know what freedom means to me
And I can't give a reason why
I should ever want to die

[Raspberry, NOT Rhubarb]

Ladytron's 2002 single, Seventeen.
The lyric: "They only want you when you're 17 / When you're 21, you're no fun"

[interface2x]

I listened to Cranberries - 21 almost all day on my 21st birthday. I dont even know if that's what the song is about.. but it was kind of melancholy and so was I. I believe the song was written on Delores' 21st birthday, so I'd say it was about turning 21.

[Spoke]

Lost Highway (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/h/hank+williams/lost+highway_20064153.html) by Hank Williams

I was just a lad
Nearly 22 *
Neither good nor bad
Just a kid like you
But now I'm lost
Too late to pray
Lord I've paid the cost
On the lost highway



*nearly 22, so he's still 21

[elfkin477]

"Time To Be Your 21" Alexz Johnson

[saoirse]

Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen

That was actually the first thing I thought of.

[pravnik]

Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
You get confused every da-ay! :D

[EatTheSun]

The Adverts - No Time To Be 21

[Rubystreak]

Sinead O'Connor's song "The Emperor's New Clothes" is about how messed up she was when she was 21. Contains the line: "How could I possibly know what I want when I was only 21?"