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
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