Help finding old person's song.

[sarren]

Dragonfly is doing a drama assignment where she uses songs to symbolise various stages of life.
ie Retirement -> On the Road Again.

The only one she is stumped on is finding a song where the lyrics either symbolise or say something about a happy/satisfactory reflection of a full life lived - it's going to be for an elderly woman at the end of her time.

Any ideas?

Comments

[angriest.livejournal.com]

My Way?

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

That's what I was going to suggest.

[baby-elvis.livejournal.com]

'Try not to breathe' by R.E.M. from Automatic for the People.

(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)

I will try not to breathe
I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees
These eyes are the eyes of the old, shivering and bold

I will try not to breathe
This decision is mine. I have lived a full life
And these are the eyes that I want you to remember, oh

I need something to fly over my grave again
I need something to breathe

I will try not to burden you
I can hold these inside. I will hold my breath
Until all these shivers subside,
Just look in my eyes

I will try not to worry you
I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me. I shudder to breathe

I want you to remember, oh (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will never see)
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby, don't shiver now
Why do you shiver now? (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again. (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

I will try not to worry you
I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me. Don't dare me to breathe
I want you to remember, oh (you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will never see)
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby, don't shiver now
Why do you shiver? (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe (something to breathe - I have seen things you will
never see)
I want you to remember



Time of your life, by Green Day

Another turning point
A fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist
directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.
It's not a question
But a lesson learned in time.

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind.
Hang them on a shelf
In good health and good times
Tattoos and memories
and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth,
it was worth all the while.

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

(music breaks)

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
i hope we have the time of our lives

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was quick. Dragonfly says thank you!!!

[mcicioni.livejournal.com]

If it's not too late - Edith Piaf, Je ne regrette rien?

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Listen to Old and Retired (http://www.myspace.com/lorenmusic), just because it's there.