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I MAY BE OVER 40 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD

by Jim Birmingham

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Arnold's anti-agism song for people who may be older but still have a bit of life left in them.

Check out the video on you tube:
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IN LIFE YOU REACH A CERTAIN STAGE
WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ACT YOUR ACT YOUR AGE
TO FOLLOW SOME UNWRITTEN RULE
GETTING OLDER IS NOT COOL
BUT WHO DECIDES THAT YOU MUST GO
WHEN YOU GET PASSED THE BIG 4 0
AND ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNG
SHOULD HAVE MONOPOLY ON FUN

I MAY BE OVER 40 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD
I MAY BE OVER 40 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD

SO YOU START TO JOG YOU JOIN A GYM,
PASS OUT HOLDING YOUR STOMACH IN
IT'S NOT TRUE YOU LOSE YOUR HAIR
IT JUST DECIDES TO GROW ELSEWHERE
WAISTLINES WILL EXPAND WITH AGE
AND WORDS GET BLURRED UPON THE PAGE
AND MAYBE THEN THE MEMORY
MAY NOT BE WHAT IT USED TO BE

I MAY BE OVER 40 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD
I MAY BE OVER 40 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD

IT'S AN ETERNAL TRUTH TO BE SO CYNICAL IN YOUTH
IT IS EXPECTED OF YOU
BUT NOW YOU KNOW THE SCORE
THE ONE THING THAT'S FOR SURE
IS YOU'LL BE OLDER TOO

SO YOU'RE NOT QUITE READY FOR A HOME
HAVE LESS AND LESS NEED FOR A COMB
AND ALMOST ALL MY TEETH I'M GLAD TO SAY
ORIGINATE WITH ME
CAMPAIGN FOR THE RIGHT TO BE
NO SHAME TO HAVE A HISTORY
YOU'RE OLDER WISER MAYBE BOLDER,
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO HAVE FUN WHEN YOU'RE OLDER

I MAY BE OVER 40 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD
I MAY BE OVER 40 BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M DEAD

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released August 9, 2014
written and performed by Arnold Gutbucket produced by Jim Birmingham

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Jim has been writing songs for over 50 years, he doesn't do it because he's good at it, he does it cos he enjoys it. In that time he's had airplay on local and national TV and radio. He's written songs for holiday parks, other artistes and TV celebrities which has lead to TV appearances on programmes such as "BIG BROTHER-BIG BREAKFAST-MEL & SUE and MERIDIAN TONIGHT. ... more

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