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#68963 05/10/02 02:35 AM
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Hey, I've got "dibs" on The Beatles' When I'm 64 when we get to it!

Sorry, Juan...that's what Silk Muse deleted above....She claims that one!


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I do not comment; I merely report.

You, of all people, know that those are the same thing when you do *it.

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I was 40 when I got here
and you all gave me a lift
It added ten yers to my life
Being thirty was quite a gift

After meeting Jackie 5 more got added
and became a quarter century old
again, but AphonicRants just made it saddened
his reporting pushed my years to Gold.

Me (soon to be a number one hit on Doctor Demento)

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Leave the 'reports' in I + A, cuz they are even less "fun" than you putting 7 posts here in a row (appropriate or not).

Remember: "The only structure we need is self-control".


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TURNING THIRTY

Words and Music by Randy Stonehill Those USns, why must they use that name...

I've got a house down by the ocean, the rent is not too high
And I love to watch the ships come in and hear the seagulls cry
And lately I've been taking stock of all that I've been through
Oh tomorrow is my birthday feels funny but it's true
I'm turning thirty
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Now thirty ain't like fifteen and it's not like twenty-five
My back's a little stiff and there're some lines around my eyes
But I've still got my energy and I've got most of my hair
And I'm not too old to rock 'n roll and I'm not really scared
Of turning thirty

Obviously turning 30 in 1983 was a lot different to turning 30 in 2001... None of these peculiar ailments overtook me when I turned 30!


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John Lennon wrote and recorded a song called Life Begins At Forty, and never released it. Talk about eerie.

The lyrics seem to be unavailable online, but here's a page with the complete song history (evidently he laid down several different versions of it):

http://www.bootlegzone.com/beatleg/songs/lifeoruy.htm


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Beautiful Boys

by John Lennon

You're a beautiful boy,
With all your little toys,
Your eyes have seen the world,
Though your only four years old,
And your tears are streaming,
Even when your smiling,
Please never be afraid to cry,

You're a beautiful boy,
With all your little ploys,
Your mind has changed the world,
And your now forty years old,
You got all you can carry,
And still somehow empty,
Don't ever be afraid to fly,

All you beautiful boys,
Creating multiple plays,
You like to fence in your world,
And settle down when you're old,
You can run from pole to pole,
And never scratch your soul,
Don't be afraid to go to hell and back,
Don't be afraid to go to hell and back,
Don't be afraid to be afraid.

from the Double Fantasy album, © 1980 John Lennon




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"Old Man"

by Neil Young

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

Old man look at my life,
Twenty four
and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.



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Lest we forget...no Chuck, no Beatles, they said so themselves! The greatest "16" R'n'R song ever written (IMHO)! Take it Chuck!

Sweet Little Sixteen

by Chuck Berry

They're really rockin Boston
In Pittsburgh, P. A.
Deep in the heart of Texas
And 'round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis
Way down in New Orleans
All the Cats wanna dance with
Sweet Little Sixteen

Sweet Little Sixteen
She's just got to have
About half a million
Framed autographs
Her wallet's filled with pictures
She gets 'em one by one
She gets so excited
Watch her look at her run

Oh mommy mommy
Please may I go
It's such a sight to see
Somebody steal the show
Oh daddy daddy
I beg of you
Whisper to mommy
It's all right with you

Cause they'll be rockin on bandstand
In Philadelphia P.A.
Deep in the heart of Texas
And 'round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis
Way Down in New Orleans
All the Cats wanna dance with
Sweet Little Sixteen

Sweet Little Sixteen
She's got the grown up blues
Tight dress and lipstick
She's sportin' high heal shoes
Oh, but tomorrow morning
She'll have to chang her trend
And be sweet sixteen
And back in class again

Cause they'll be rockin on bandstand
In Philadelphia P.A.
Deep in the heart of Texas And 'round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis Way Down in New Orleans
All the Cats wanna dance with
Sweet Little Sixteen


© 1955 by Chuck Berry








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Sunrise, Sunset

Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older
When did they?

When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he get to be so tall?
Wasn't it yesterday when they
Were small?

Sunrise, Sunset
Sunrise, Sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

Sunrise, Sunset
Sunrise, Sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their ways?
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day

They look so natural together
Just like two newlyweds should be
Is there a canopy in store
For me?

Sunrise, Sunset
Sunrise, Sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

© 1968 by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, from Fiddler on the Roof





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Gypsies Tramps and Thieves by Cher



I was born in the wagon of a travelin' show
My mama used to dance for the money they'd throw
Papa would do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel
Sell a couple bottles of doctor good

CHORUS:
Gypsies, tramps and thieves
We'd hear it from the people of the town
They'd call us gypsies, tramps and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down

Picked up a boy just south of Mobile
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal
I was sixteen, he was twenty-one
Rode with us to Memphis
And papa woulda shot him if he knew what he'd done

Chorus

I never had schoolin' but he taught me well
With his smooth southern style
Three months later, I'm a gal in trouble
And I haven't seen him for a while
I haven't seen him for a while

She was born in the wagon of a travelin' show
Her mama had to dance for the money they'd throw
Grandpa'd do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel
Sell a couple bottles of doctor good

Chorus




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>>Hey, I've got "dibs" on The Beatles' When I'm 64 when we get to it!

I'm putting dibs down on:
47 (Gilbert & Sullivan)
65 (Gilbert O'Sullivan)


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