When I'm Sixty Four - The Beatles

When I'm Sixty-Four
The Beatles
get older      you say    mean to    rent a cottage     knit a sweater    need me     be sending    be handy   I'd been    drop me    fill in    on your knee     ask for

When I 1____________losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still 2______________me a Valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine
If 3 ______________out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door
Will you still 4____________, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
You'll be older too
And if  5_____________the word
I could stay with you
I could 6______________, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can 7 ______________by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could 8____________more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Every summer we can 9________________
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren 10________________
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, ________________ a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you 11______________ say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, 12__________  a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul Mccartney

The song is sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of their growing old together. Although the theme is ageing, it was one of the first songs McCartney wrote, when he was 16. It was in the Beatles' setlist in their early days as a song to perform when their amplifiers broke down or the electricity went off. Both George Martin and Mark Lewisohn speculated that McCartney may have thought of the song when recording began for Sgt. Pepper in December 1966 because his father turned 64 earlier that year.

When I'm Sixty-Four
The Beatles

When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a Valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul Mccartney