"When I'm 64"

On our drive down to Oro Valley on July 2, Gary began to sing me a song entitled "When I'm 64."  He said years ago, he heard this song and decided that he was going to sing it to me when I turned 64.  Not sure exactly if that part is true, but it melted my heart anyway.  My birthday had been crazy but in the quiet of our travels, he sang (and some of the words he made up were even better that the actual song which we listened to in full when we got home later in the week.)

It is a Beatles song.  (Interestingly, this summer we went to see the movie, "Yesterday," which was about the Beatles and their songs in a weird sort of way.  This was one of the songs highlighted in the movie.)

Gary isn't 64 yet, but I can definitely assure him that I will still need him "when he's sixty-four"?

WHEN I'M 64"

"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"

I am so so lucky to have spent the last 41+ years with him and look forward to many more!