Tag Archives: getting old

Joanne, Songs

Make It Last

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Getting old with someone sounds romantic — and honestly, it is.

Joanne and I have collected a beautiful pile of moments: dances, road trips, quiet mornings, strange adventures, deep talks, little laughs, and all the ordinary magic that somehow becomes a life.

But “growing old together” has two parts. The together part is lovely. The old part can be a little rude.

This song is about that sweet and stubborn wish to slow the clock down, hold the hand a little longer, and make the moment stay put for once.

Can we make it last?

Let’s make it last.

Make It Last
I’m thinking ’bout my days as I get older
And the questions that I’ve learned from the past
How many days are left for me to hold her
All the memories seem to come and go so fast
Can we make it last?

Or can’t we just make these moments last?
‘Cause there’s days when the sun won’t shine and days that just get older
And there’s days when I have you here with me
These days I call you mine but just around the corner
There’s days when we’ll set my spirit free
Can we make it last?

Or can’t we just make these moments last?
[acoustic guitar continues fingerpicking pattern]
I need my jacket now as it gets colder
All the shivers seem to come on me so fast
These days I call you mine and though we’re getting older
There’s nowhere else on earth I’d rather be
Can we make it last?

Or can’t we just make these moments last?
Can we make it last?
Let’s make it last

Songs, Writing

Stranger In A Stranger’s Body

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Help I’ve Been Kidnapped
Aging has a way of changing the terms without asking permission. One day you wake up sore from sleeping, trip over your own feet, and realize you are somehow living inside an older version of the one you remember. This song is my way of laughing at that rude surprise. If you are over forty, you will probably recognize the arrangement.

Stranger In A Stranger’s Body
I woke up this morning in my room
Suffering from a really strange wound
A wound I got while sleeping
In the night dreams that were seeping
Into the wound that I got here in my room

I’m a stranger in a stranger’s body
I used to be a real fine hottie
But now I’ve gotten old
Each evening I get cold
I’m a stranger in a stranger’s body

The other day I’s walking down the street
Suddenly I tripped over my feet
I sat there on the curb
Most deaf-in-ately disturbed
I’m a stranger in a stranger’s body

I’m a stranger in a stranger’s body
I used to be a real fine hottie
But now I’ve gotten old
Each evening I get cold
I’m a stranger in a stranger’s body

You might think that’s the way that it should be
That’s cause you’ve watched too much TV
It’s happening to me
So fast that I can’t see
I’m stuck inside some old man’s body

I’m a stranger in a stranger’s body
I used to be a real fine hottie
But now I’ve gotten old
Each evening I get cold
I’m trapped inside some stranger’s body

Yes now I’ve gotten old
Each evening I get cold
Cause I’m stuck inside some old man’s body