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I Want To Be Old

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: The Cure Canonical path: /the-cure/i-want-to-be-old Related lyric paths: 6 Video embedded: yes

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I Want To Be Old

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I want to be old

And creek by the fire

I want to smell of rotting wood

It's all I desire

I want my joints to seize up

I want my legs to ache

I want my eyesight to fail

I want my skin to flake

To be old

I want to be old

I want false teeth

And not be able to chew

I want to be senile

A centigenarian fool

I want lots of wrinkles

Want my hearing to go

I want to be ignored

And I want to be slow

To be old

I want to be old

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