Songs about Getting Old

In honor of celebrating my 40th Birthday party (and remember kids, 40 is the new 30!), I decided to compile a list of songs about getting old. I would include some "classics" by Bob Dylan and such ... but I don't really like Bob Dylan and such. Also, after I put the list together, I realized a lot of these are kind of dark. My birthday's on Halloween, so go figure.

Feel free to add your own (send suggestions to estrong@bakidsmagazine.com)

(In no particular order):
1. Slit Skirts, Pete Townshend
"Slit skirts, Jeanie never wears those slit skirts,
I don't ever wear no ripped shirts,
Can't pretend that growing older never hurts."

2. In this Diary, The Atari's
"Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up.
These are the best days of our lives."

3. Not Another Cliche, Coward
"Come on, come on, I'm not another cliche
Come on, come on, I'll never be a cliche

4. Those were the Days, the Limeliters (though sung by many others)
"Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way"

5. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore, Elton John
"I used to be the main express, All steam and whistles heading west
Picking up my pain from door to door,
Riding on the storyline, Furnace burning overtime
But this train don't stop, This train don't stop, This train don't stop there anymore"

6. When I'm 64, The Beatles
"Will you still need me, will you still feed me,When I'm sixty-four."

7. Ride On, AC/DC
"Got another empty bottle,
And another empty bed,
Ain't too young to admit it,
And I'm not too old to lie
I'm just another empty head"

8. Too young too feel this damn old, Garth Brooks
"And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old
All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole
I'm much too young to feel this damn old"

9. Dream On, Aerosmith
"Every time I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone It goes by, like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way Everybody's got their dues in life to pay

10. Return to Oz, Scissor Sisters
"Once there was a man who had a little too much time on his hands.
He never stopped to think about getting older.
But when his night came to an end, he tried to grasp for his last friend
and pretend that he could wish himself health on a 4-leaf clover."

11. Dancing in the Ruins, Blue Oyster Cult
"It doesn't matter if we turn to dust;
Turn and turn and turn we must!
I guess I'll see you dancin' in the ruins tonight!"

12. Closing Time, Leonard Cohen
"The whole damn place goes crazy twice
and it's once for the devil and once for Christ
but the Boss don't like these dizzy heights
we're busted in the blinding lights,
busted in the blinding lights of closing time"

13. Time, Chantal Kreviazuk
"Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don't go so fast
I'm missing the moments as they pass
Now I've looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
So wait for me this time."

14. A Pirate Looks at Forty, Jimmy Buffet
"Yes, I am a pirate, Two hundred years too late.
The cannons don't thunder,
there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over forty victim of fate; arriving too late
Arriving too late."

15. Forever Young, Alphaville
"It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever"

So now it's your turn, let me know what songs you'd like to add to this list (email all suggestions to estrong@bakidsmagazine.com) and I'll post them as I get 'em.