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I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die

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song nameI Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
artistThey Might Be Giants
releases1985 Demo Tape, They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years
year1985
first playedNov. 28, 1987 (26 known performances)
run time1:58
sung byJohn Flansburgh; John Linnell sings the verse starting with "Clear off the kitchen table darling..."

Trivia/Info

  • Flansburgh: "Restless was doing a polka album, and they were interested in rock bands that did polka songs. Before we were signed, we tried to convince them to use this song; they had no interest in it, so we put it on our first album." (ICE Newsletter, 1996)
  • A demo version of this song that predates the 1985 Demo Tape appears on the 1997 release, Then: The Earlier Years. The demo features only an accordion and duet vocals from Flansburgh and Linnell.
  • Appeared as "Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" on Then and in the liner notes on The Pink Album.
  • This song's title is a direct parody of the Who lyric, "hope I die before I get old," from the 1965 song My Generation.

Song Themes

Clothes, Death, Food, Long, Long, Occupations, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Songs With Handclaps

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