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Songs about Getting Old

Old age is a hassle, but it beats the alternative. These songs are all about the progression of years in a ripe old life, be it sweetly or otherwise. Whether you plan to mellow like a fine sherry or wise up to a venerated sage, you'll find something to identify with in these songs, provided you get there.

By the way, "old age" itself is a younger concept than we think it is. Because of advances in medical science, people are living longer - you're heard it over and over. But you may not know that as recently as 500 years ago, average life expectancy topped 40 years for the first time. The number of centenarians (a person aged 100 years or more) worldwide in 1950 was only 23,000. By 2000, that figure was just under 210,000 and by 2010, it was at 455,000, a doubling in just a decade. So more of you are taking care of yourselves out there, which is good to hear. Now relax in your rocking chair and reflect on these touching memoirs to your longevity.

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  100 Years
  Five For Fighting
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  Against the Wind
  Bob Seger
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  All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
  Hank Williams Jr.
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  All Things Must Pass
  George Harrison
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  All Things Must Pass
  Beatles
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  As Good as I Once Was
  Toby Keith
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  Bookends
  Simon & Garfunkel
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  Don't Blink
  Kenny Chesney
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  Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
  Glen Campbell

  "She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterday
  And thinks of the young man that she almost married
  What would he think if he saw her this way"

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  Ellsworth
  Rascal Flatts
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  For Reasons Unknown
  Killers, The
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  Glory Days
  Bruce Springsteen
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  Grow Old With Me
  John Lennon
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  He Stopped Loving Her Today
  George Jones
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  It Was A Very Good Year
  Frank Sinatra

  "But now the days grow short, I'm in the autumn of the year
  And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs
  From the brim to the dregs
  and it poured sweet and clear
  It was a very good year"

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  Landslide
  Fleetwood Mac

  "But time makes you bolder
  Even children get older
  And I'm getting older too"

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  Landslide
  Dixie Chicks

  "But time makes you bolder
  Even children get older
  And I'm getting older too"

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  Landslide
  Stevie Nicks

  "But time makes you bolder
  Even children get older
  And I'm getting older too"

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  Life Begins at 40
  Sophie Tucker
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  Losing My Edge
  LCD Soundsystem
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  Middle of the Road
  Pretenders, The
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  Mother's Little Helper
  Rolling Stones, The
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  Mrs. Robinson
  Simon & Garfunkel
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  My Way
  Frank Sinatra
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  Old Friends/Bookends
  Simon & Garfunkel
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  Old Hippie
  Bellamy Brothers
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  Old Man
  Neil Young
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  Reelin' In the Years
  Steely Dan
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  Remember When
  Alan Jackson
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  Still Crazy After All These Years
  Paul Simon
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  Telegraph Road
  Dire Straits
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  That's Life
  Frank Sinatra
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  Time
  Alan Parsons Project
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  Touch of Grey
  Grateful Dead, The
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  When I'm Sixty Four
  Beatles

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