You Say it's your Birthday

[WhiteDove]

Happy Birthday Paul! 64 Today

http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/my_birthday.html

When I'm sixty-four http://www.smickandsmodoo.com/lyrics/sixty4.htm Midi

When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now,

Will you still be sending me a Valentine,birthday greetings, bottle of wine?

If I'd been out 'till quarter to three,would you lock the door?

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,

When I'm sixty-four?

Hmm------mmm---mmmh.

You'll be older, too.Aaah, and if you say the word, I could stay with you.

I could be handy, mending a fuse, when your lights have gone.

You can knit a sweater by the fireside, sunday mornings, go for a ride.

Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more?

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight,if it's not too dear. We shall scrimp and save.

Ah, grandchildren on your knee, Vera, Chuck, and Dave.

Send me a postcard, drop me a line stating point of view.

Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely wasting away.

Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine forever more.

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty four?

John Lennon/Paul McCartney

Edited June 18, 2006 by WhiteDove

[oilfieldmedic]

as always...:From all of us in Baghdad...HAPPY BIRTHDAY"!

[bowtwi]

I saw Paul in concert last fall - he's still got it!

I say 64 looks mighty good! Who knew?

Happy Birthday, Sir Paul!

[CoolWaters]

I am crying...because the lyrics...he and Linda should have been together singing the song to one another. Sigh.

[WhiteDove]

Yeah Cool

These days he is singing another Beatles tune.... I should have known better with a girl like you....

[CoolWaters]

Too true, too true. It's never gonna be what he had with Linda. But he's got the memories...and the children. :)

[topoftheworld]

That's a great article, Whitedove-thanks for posting it.

It is amazing to think that he was 24 when that song was written-what does any 24 year old know about life 40 years hence? Yet this song always had that wistful edge of understanding to it.

His greatest accomplishment seems to be his children-and that is the greatest legacy he and Linda will share when they are together again.

I feel bad for what he's going through now-hope he finds his way through without too much bitterness.

Happy birthday, Paul!

[dmiller]

Happy birthday -- Sir Paul :)

[CoolWaters]

The article says the song was written when Paul was a teen, but not released until he was 24. Even more stupefying as to how he figured it out.

My, he's aging gracefully, imo.

OK, I was soooooooooooo infatuated with the Beatles! We raised canaries at home. Once I had 4 new chicks..and I named them..yep...John, Paul, George and Ringo. When it was announced that Paul was going to marry Linda, I wrote my one and only fan letter to anybody ever...to tell Paul he was making a HUGE mistake and he should wait for me to be old enough to marry him. I thought about writing John concerning Yoko...but I was much older by then and realized how pre-pubescent that thought/action may come across. LOL I spent many years praying for John, Paul, George and Ringo. I still pray for Paul and Ringo and their families. Every time that PBS tribute to George comes on, I watch it...and bawl my eyes out every single time. I overcame my hatred of Linda long ago...and now I bawl my eyes out over missing her for Paul. I've forgiven Yoko for all the offenses I've imagined she perpetrated over the years. Now my tears over John's death are for Yoko.

I guess I'm still kinda addicted. Sigh.