Life is a cycle. We are born and taken care of by our parents. We grow up and go off to start our own family. We become busy with “life” and don’t have time to visit our parents like we want to.
Many of them become lonely and due to lack of involvement or the inability to get out of their homes they become “set in their ways.” And so, we begin to think of them as cranky and unwieldy. Here are two songs for all of us to listen to.
(It is just a couple minutes out of your busy life)! You can spend a couple minutes...
Frank Sinatra - “It was a very Good Year”
When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would driveWhen I was thirty-five
But now the days are short
I'm in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
John Prine - “Hello in There”
We had an apartment in the city,
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Well, it’s been years since the kids had grown,
A life of there own left us alone.
John and Linda live in Omaha,
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
And I still don’t know what for, don’t matter anymore.
Chorus:
Ya’ know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder ev’ry day.
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in the there.” “Hello.”
Me and Loretta, we don’t talk much more.
She sits and stares through the back door screen.
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we’ve both seen.
Some day I’ll go and call up Rudy,
We worked together at the factory.
But what could I say if he asks “What’s new?”
“Nothing, what’s with you? Nothing much to do.”
Chorus:
Ya’ know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder ev’ry day.
Old people just grow lonesome.
Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in the there.” “Hello.”
So if you’re walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,Please don’t just pass em by and stare
As if you didn’t care, say, “Hello in there.” “Hello.”
Just remember: One day, “WE, TOO” will be there! And the Journey begins...
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