I Want to Be Old (Sav Studio Demo 10/77)

I want to be old

And creek by the fire

I want to smell of rotting wood

It's all I desireI want my joints to seize up

I want my legs to ache

I want my eyesight to fail

I want my skin to flakeTo be old

I want to be old

I want to be old

I want to be oldI want false teeth

And not be able to chew

I want to be senile

A centenarian foolI want to have lots of wrinkles

Want my hearing to go

I want to be ignored

And I want to be slowTo be old

I want to be old

I want to be old

I want to be oldI want to be old

I want to be old

I want to be old

I want to be old

Songwriters

SMITH, ROBERT JAMES / TOLHURST, LAURENCE ANDREW / DEMPSEY, MICHAEL STEPHENPublished by

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group