The Magnetic Fields

Time Enough For Rocking When We're Old

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There'll be time enough for rocking when we're old We can rock all day in
rocking chairs of gold but tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing
There'll be time enough for rocking when we're old, my love There'll be time
enough for talk in the nursing home Darling, time enough to write an epic
poem but tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing There'll be time enough
for talking in the home, my love There'll be time enough for sleeping when
we're dead You will have a velvet pillow for your head but tonight I think
I'd rather just go dancing There'll be time enough for sleeping when we're
dead, my love There'll be time for sex and drugs in Heaven when our
pheromones are turned up to 11 but tonight I think I'd rather just go
dancing There'll be time enough for sex and drugs in Heaven, my love and
time enough for rocking when we're old

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anne Arbour On May 02, 2002

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by pumkinhed

20y ago

My mind's ear can't help but hear Tom Waits singing this song.

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by bobg

12y ago

My favorite thing about this song (and there's LOTS of things I love about this song) is that on day three of a really bad cold, I can sing along with it and hit all the low notes. That makes it almost worth being sick.

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