Over Sixty Blues

Back in 1990 a friend asked me to write a song for her husband's 50th birthday. The 'Over Fifty Blues' was the result. In 2005, another friend asked me to do a song for her husband's 60th birthday. After digging around in my files I resurrected the old lyrics, modified them slightly to create what has become one of our standards.

Don

The Over Sixty Blues

My hair is getting thin now, my eyes are getting weak
When I shuffle off to bed it's mainly just to sleep
I've got the over-sixty, over-sixty blues
I'm in the autumn of my life now.
I've got the over-sixty blues

When I was in my fifties the ladies 'd ooh and aah
But now they look at me as if I were grandpa
I've got the over-sixty, over-sixty blues
There just ain't no more excitement.
I've got the over-sixty blues

I wish I were a doctor 'cause then I'd have the knack
To know if I've had an orgasm and not a heart attack
I've got the over-sixty, over-sixty blues
I'm living on the edge now.
I've got the over-sixty blues

So honey, heat my milk up and bring my cookies too
I'm gonna put my nightcap on and sit and watch the news
I've got the over-sixty, over-sixty blues
Yeah, them premature Kojakulatin'
Hours and hours of meditatin'
Nothin' left for me but waitin' blues
I've got those over-sixty, over-sixty blues.

© Don White 1990,2005