Old Enough(ode To An Aging Rocker) Lyrics - Lifelines Live - Peter, Paul & Mary

Excerpt from "Talking Union" Words by Lee Hayes, Millard Lampell and Pete Seeger - inspired by Woody Guthrie's "Talking Dustbowl". "Talking Union" 1958 Stormking Music, Inc., BMI 

Lately I've been picking up strange vibrations 

I hear my music now on oldies stations 

"Put out a CD called "the best of what I was" 

My picture's on the cover and no one knows 

Just when you think you've got the wisdom of the ages 

Nobody seems to want to turn your pages 

I used to think I was the cat's pajamas 

Now I'm about as hip as Fernando Lamas 

(cause I'm) Old enough 

Old enough to be your father 

Old enough 

Old enough (and then some) 

And now my kids are taking me to the shows 

There's hip-hop, rap, grunge music I don't know 

I like to think I'm still part of the crowd 

But, how can they hear the lyrics 

When the music is so loud?! 

I dig rock and roll music 

(I been saying that for a while) 

But I wonder if you knew 

That rhythm & blues begat the rock and roll style? 

And just like that, way before rap, 

Woody Guthrie spread the news 

He told it straight, let us relate 

This Talking Union Blues: 

Well if you want higher wages, let me tell you what to do 

You've got to talk to the workers in the shop with you 

You got to build you a union, got to make it strong 

But if you all stick together, boys, it won't be long 

You get shorter hours, better working conditions 

Vacations with pay, take the kids to the seashore 

Well I remember I was seventeen 

I was a Birmingham High School rock and roll king 

The paper talked about how I'd strut my stuff 

I'd like to read it, but my arms aren't long enough 

I kinda like my new senior status 

I don't even care what the latest fad is 

My g-generation's rediscovered me 

And now I'm on the cover of modern maturity