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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 Chicks, The

  "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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