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Thread #44310   Message #2070456
Posted By: Nathan in Texas
06-Jun-07 - 11:15 PM
Thread Name: Songs about getting really old - 2
Subject: Lyr Add: WE LIVE A LONG LONG TIME TO GET OLD
Here's one I couldn't find in the DT.

From Jimmy Murphy, "Electricity" cd (Sugar Hill Records SHCD-3890)

"We Live a Long Long Time to Get Old"

When you begin to get old and feeble
And you can't hardly get around
And you'll have to take two walking sticks
To hobble up to town
You can hear your kinfolks talkin'
They'll be whisperin' all around
Poor old grandpa'd be better off
If he's six feet under the ground

We live a long long time to get old
We live a long long time to get old
So there ain't no need to cry
Poor old Grandpa's got to die
We live a long long time to get old.

When you begin to get old and feeble
And the world has turned you down
You remember back to when you were
The best dressed man in town
You ain't got long to stay here
You waiting for the day
When you can throw your false teeth
And walking cane away

We live a long long time to get old
We live a long long time to get old
So there ain't no need to cry
Poor old Grandpa's got to die
We live a long long time to get old.

When you went to high school
You used to jump and hop
Now each time you move around
You start to crack and pop
You talk about the good old days
When you were in your prime
How you earned all that money
But you didn't save a dime.

We live a long long time to get old
We live a long long time to get old
So there ain't no need to cry
Poor old Grandpa's got to die
We live a long long time to get old.

- Written by Jimmy Murphy