# Songs about getting older? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359 "2007-09-07T14:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/101 "2007-09-09T12:31:18Z")
[QUOTE=Projammer] Two pages and no one’s mentioned Cat Stevens - _Cats In The Cradle_? [/QUOTE] Bzzzzzt! It was mentioned in post #14 and Cat Stevens wasn’t the artist. That would be Harry Chapin. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/102 "2007-09-09T13:37:48Z")
_Tower of Song_ by Leonard Cohen _“Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places where I used to play”_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/103 "2007-09-09T14:23:02Z")
For a more optimistic take, there’s [Have a Good Time](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/paul+simon/have+a+good+time_20105952.html) by **Paul Simon** : _Yesterday it was my birthday I hung one more year on the line I should be depressed My lifes a mess But Im having a good time_ ---
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/104 "2007-09-09T21:27:55Z")
Paul Gross, Ride Forever. from the soundtrack of the series Due South. I love that song. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/105 "2007-09-10T03:42:39Z")
Bouncing Souls, ['87](http://3w.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/'87-lyrics-Bouncing-Souls/446DF72AEA74F74D48256C3E00088D6B) _Do you remember when the days gone by or is there no point for us to even try Back when we didn’t have a care in the world, Getting drunk and chasing girls Do you remember the days gone past and how we always wanted the good times to last_ Fleming & John, [The Way We Are](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/fleming-and-john-the-way-we-are-lyrics.html) _Can we still have adventures, When we’re old and wear dentures? Will you kiss me on the lips? Do you think we’ll dance with our plastic hips? And when you look at me, Will you see the girl you met when you were nineteen? Will you see a lady with a limber heart, Swimming in the water with the sharks?_ Dido, [See You When You’re 40](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/See-You-When-You're-40-lyrics-Dido/DDE9887417BE5A1348256D9E00063440) _So see you when you’re forty, Lost and all alone, Being comforted by strangers, you’ll never need to know, Not sad because you lost me, But sad because you thought it was cool, To be sad._ Madonna, [This Used to be My Playground](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/This-Used-To-Be-My-Playground-lyrics-Madonna/8387948A33EFFF624825688C000AC6FD) _This used to be my playground This used to be my childhood dream This used to be the place I ran to Whenever I was in need Of a friend Why did it have to end?_ Aimee Mann, [Ghost World](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Ghost-World-lyrics-Aimee-Mann/49F2A534FB279B80482568C100180A42) _Finals blew, I barely knew my graduation speech and with college out of reach if I can’t find a job I’m left with Dad and Myrtle Beach So, I’m bailing this town–or tearing it down–or probably more like hanging around_ 10,000 Maniacs, [These Are Days](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/These-Are-Days-lyrics-10000-Maniacs/E64B5F3E33BF81144825692600118A75) _These are days you’ll remember. Never before and never since, I promise, Will the whole world be warm as this. And as you feel it, you’ll know it’s true that you are blessed and lucky. It’s true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you._ Lee Ann Womack, [I Hope You Dance](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Hope-You-Dance-lyrics-Lee-Ann-Womack/06416BA3D198B64B482569060024A197) \*I hope you never lose your sense of wonder You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger May you never take one single breath for granted God forbid love ever leave you empty handed I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance\* Also, third (fourth?) “Landslide”. Powerful stuff, that song. ---
**Author:** ![orinoko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b4bc9f/32.png) [@orinoko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orinoko)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/106 "2007-09-10T09:11:25Z")
NOFX - Theme from a NOFX Album \*We’re professional punkers We come from the suburbs After 15 years, we’re still having fun Now we’re over 30, not looking so purty At least we got a beat up accordion That’s Eric our drummer, his father’s a plummer He drank enough booze to get Rhode Island drunk Now sober but smelly he’s got one big belly From livin’ the good life provided by punk Singin’ singin’ singin’ Buy me a Becks beer or pass me a bong Gimmie some bushmills I’ll sing you this song Open another big box of cheap wine We’re over 30 we’re doing just fine Hefe’s not satanic he’s one hip Hispanic He grew up with one dozen cousins and kin He wears baggy pants he know how to breakdance You’ve seen him do every impersonation That’s Melvin on six-string “some tell me I can’t sing” Oh I think you can just don’t do it 'round me Stick with what you know playing guitar solo With Hetson and Watt in punk karaoke Singin’ singin’ singin’ Buy me a Becks beer or pass me a bong Gimmie some bushmills I’ll sing you this song Open another big box of cheap wine We’re over 30 we’re doing just fine My name is Fat Mike I’m obsessed with big lesbians I’ve been a punkrocker for most of my life I sing kinda flat I’m not really so fat But that’s how I hit them with a hook or a slice I’m Kent I do sound “Look he’s getting so round” Like Timmy The Turtle he counts as he clicks I’m Jay (I don’t care) someone please cut his hair I’m Limo from Scotland so gimme haggis Singin’ singin’ singin’ Buy me a Becks beer or pass me a bong Gimmie some bushmills I’ll sing you this song Open another big box of cheap wine We’re over 30 we’re doing just fine Buy me a Becks beer or pass me a bong Gimmie some bushmills I’ll sing you this song Throw me a qualude, or chop me a line We’re pushing 40 we’re doing just fine Buy me a castle or pass me a bong give me Glenlivet, I’ll sing you this song. Open another big box of cheap wine, if you take the low road then I’ll take the high.\* ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/107 "2007-09-10T13:29:40Z")
Wow, I was out most of the weekend and am surprised at so many varied responses. Awesome. I can’t believe I didn’t think of some of these. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/108 "2007-09-10T15:35:11Z")
There’s always the old standby, **Try To Remember** from the Broadway show _The Fantasticks_: \*Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September When grass was green and grain was yellow. Try to remember the kind of September When you were a tender and callow fellow. Try to remember, and if you remember, Then follow. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow, follow, follow, follow. Try to remember when life was so tender That no one wept except the willow. Try to remember when life was so tender That dreams were kept beside your pillow. Try to remember when life was so tender That love was an ember about to billow. Try to remember, and if you remember, Then follow. Deep in December, it’s nice to remember, Although you know the snow will follow. Deep in December, it’s nice to remember, Without a hurt the heart is hollow. Deep in December, it’s nice to remember, The fire of September that made us mellow. Deep in December, our hearts should remember And follow.\* ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/109 "2007-09-10T16:36:47Z")
[Years May Come, Years May Go](http://www.lyrics007.com/Irish%20Rovers%20Lyrics/Years%20May%20Come%20Years%20May%20Go%20Lyrics.html) by The Irish Rovers. And **Chefguy** ’s a little late. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359/110 "2007-09-10T16:37:22Z")
I think it’s called ‘The Doctor’ by Loudon Wainwright. I went to the Dr -the Dr said ‘Loud, you gotta stop hanging out, with that old In-crowd’ etc Cant remember which album but someone will be along to tell you soon… Also ‘Your Dad Did’ by John Hiatt ‘So you go to work just to watch some jerk pick up the perks you were in line to get The guy that hired you just got fired your jobs expired they just aint told you yet So you go and buy a brand new set of wheels Just to show your family just how great you feel You’re acting like a kid Just like your dad did’ Great song MiM [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-getting-older/418359.md?page=5)