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* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' parodies this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaVvfzMTVZA "The Moment is Me,"]] an intentionally trite song about facing the future. Heather approaches an old woman in the park thinking to ask for life advice, only to realize that the old woman is ''her'' future self and is similarly disgusted by how cliche the song is.
* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' parodies this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaVvfzMTVZA "The Moment is Me,"]] an intentionally trite song about facing the future. Heather approaches an old woman in the park thinking to ask for life advice, only to realize that the old woman is ''her'' future self and is similarly disgusted by how cliche the song is.
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* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' parodies this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaVvfzMTVZA "The Moment is Me,"]] an intentionally trite song about facing the future. Heather approaches an old woman in the park thinking to ask for life advice, only to realize that the old woman is ''her'' future self and is similarly disgusted by how cliche the song
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4 "Old Man"]] on the 1967 ''Music/ForeverChanges'' album by Music/{{Love}} is this trope to a "T".
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4 "Old Man"]] on the 1967 ''Music/ForeverChanges'' album by Music/{{Love}} Music/{{Love|Band}} is this trope to a "T".
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A variant often seen in older music (as in, from the MiddleAges onwards) has the old man be the main character (usually the daughter)'s father, disagreeing about an ArrangedMarriage or the OverprotectiveDad preventing a marriage.
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A variant often seen in older music (as in, from the MiddleAges onwards) has the old man be the main character (usually the daughter)'s father, disagreeing about an ArrangedMarriage or the OverprotectiveDad BoyfriendBlockingDad preventing a marriage.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-2GeZFDdc "Mr Bojangles"]] by Jerry Jeff Walker; Mr Bojangles ([[NamesTheSame not Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]]) is a silver-haired man the singer meets in a jail cell, who talks about his life as a StreetPerformer, and demonstrates his dance moves.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-2GeZFDdc "Mr Bojangles"]] by Jerry Jeff Walker; Mr Bojangles ([[NamesTheSame not (not Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]]) Robinson) is a silver-haired man the singer meets in a jail cell, who talks about his life as a StreetPerformer, and demonstrates his dance moves.
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* In Craig Morgan's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdItuvBxc8&ob=av2e "This Ain't Nothin',"]] a reporter asks an old man what he plans to do after a tornado destroyed his entire home. The old man tells him that a destroyed house is nothing that money can't replace - at age 8 he lost his father; in Vietnam he lost his brother, his best friend, and his left hand; and last year his wife of fifty years died - so a ruined house is ''nothing''.
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* Music/CraigMorgan:
** InCraig Morgan's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdItuvBxc8&ob=av2e "This Ain't Nothin',"]] a reporter asks an old man what he plans to do after a tornado destroyed his entire home. The old man tells him that a destroyed house is nothing that money can't replace - at age 8 he lost his father; in Vietnam he lost his brother, his best friend, and his left hand; and last year his wife of fifty years died - so a ruined house is ''nothing''.
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZXRpTi99U "The Good Stuff"]] by Music/KennyChesney, after the narrator fights with his significant other, he goes to a bar and asks for "the good stuff". The old barkeep tells him that "the good stuff" is kissing your girlfriend, marrying her and seeing her hold your baby girl, and being there to hold her hand as she dies.
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* Music/KennyChesney:
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZXRpTi99U "The GoodStuff"]] by Music/KennyChesney, Stuff"]], after the narrator fights with his significant other, he goes to a bar and asks for "the good stuff". The old barkeep tells him that "the good stuff" is kissing your girlfriend, marrying her and seeing her hold your baby girl, and being there to hold her hand as she dies.
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZXRpTi99U "The Good
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* [[Music/TomTHall Tom T. Hall's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FU_TuwM2Dw "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine"]] is an old man's view on the three worthwhile things in life.
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* [[Music/TomTHall Tom T. Hall's]] Music/TomTHall:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FU_TuwM2Dw "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine"]] is an old man's view on the three worthwhile things in life.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FU_TuwM2Dw "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine"]] is an old man's view on the three worthwhile things in life.
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* "Skellig" by Music/LoreenaMcKennitt is told from the point of view of an older Irish monk bequeathing to a younger monk named John his books and "all their mysteries" before his imminent passing.
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* "Skellig" by Music/LoreenaMcKennitt is told from the point of view of an older Irish monk bequeathing to a younger monk named John his the books he has written and "all their mysteries" before his imminent passing.
passing so as to keep knowledge and education alive.
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* "Skellig" by Music/LoreenaMcKennitt is told from the point of view of an older Irish monk bequeathing to a younger monk named John his books and "all their mysteries" before his imminent passing.
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-C-IbkuNWs "Waitin' On A Woman"]] by Music/BradPaisley, the narrator's waiting for his wife, and an old man sits down next to him and tells him affectionately how he's always waiting for his own wife, and he doesn't mind, and if he's the first to go, he'll still be waiting for her and won't mind how long she takes. Paisley even re-released the song with AndyGriffith spliced in for the old man's parts, and this version was used in the music video (see above).
* Music/KennyRogers' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2mFiN7GIc "The Gambler"]] is about the narrator speaking to an older man on a train. The older man gives him advice about life, comparing life to a game of cards.
* Music/KennyRogers' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2mFiN7GIc "The Gambler"]] is about the narrator speaking to an older man on a train. The older man gives him advice about life, comparing life to a game of cards.
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* In Music/BradPaisley:
** "Letter To Me," where a middle-aged man recalls his youth and wonders aloud, if he could write a letter to his younger self and send it to him, what would he say about the experiences he had and how would he tell him to handle various situations. Some are difficult, such as dealing with severe heartbreak after breaking up with very desirable girlfriend, breaking the habit of reckless driving and missing social events (including the mentioned homecoming bonfire) to improve a failing algebra grade. Others include sage advice, such as spending time with older relatives while they are still in good health, doing your best for a hard-nosed but well-respected teacher and that regrets will come from not taking the opportunity to learn Spanish or typing. Yet others are light-hearted, such as finally finding the right woman and telling him his best years are ahead and that he eventually will marry and begin a family.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-C-IbkuNWs "Waitin' On AWoman"]] by Music/BradPaisley, Woman"]], wherein the narrator's waiting for his wife, and an old man sits down next to him and tells him affectionately how he's always waiting for his own wife, and he doesn't mind, and if he's the first to go, he'll still be waiting for her and won't mind how long she takes. Paisley even re-released the song with AndyGriffith spliced in for the old man's parts, and this version was used in the music video (see above).
* Music/KennyRogers' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2mFiN7GIc "The Gambler"]] is aboutthe narrator speaking to a young man's conversation with an older man as the two travel on a train. The older man gives him advice about life, comparing life to a game of cards.
** "Letter To Me," where a middle-aged man recalls his youth and wonders aloud, if he could write a letter to his younger self and send it to him, what would he say about the experiences he had and how would he tell him to handle various situations. Some are difficult, such as dealing with severe heartbreak after breaking up with very desirable girlfriend, breaking the habit of reckless driving and missing social events (including the mentioned homecoming bonfire) to improve a failing algebra grade. Others include sage advice, such as spending time with older relatives while they are still in good health, doing your best for a hard-nosed but well-respected teacher and that regrets will come from not taking the opportunity to learn Spanish or typing. Yet others are light-hearted, such as finally finding the right woman and telling him his best years are ahead and that he eventually will marry and begin a family.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-C-IbkuNWs "Waitin' On A
* Music/KennyRogers' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2mFiN7GIc "The Gambler"]] is about
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* "You Are Old, Father William" is a Lewis Carroll poem written into the narrative of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. It involves a young man questioning his father's silly, age-inappropriate behaviors. (It's also a parody of a [[WeirdAlEffect long-forgotten]] moralizing poem by Robert Southey, "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them.") The poem has been turned into a song in several adaptations:
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* "You Are Old, Father William" is a Lewis Carroll poem written into the narrative of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. It involves a young man questioning his father's silly, age-inappropriate behaviors. (It's also a parody of a [[WeirdAlEffect [[ParodyDisplacement long-forgotten]] moralizing poem by Robert Southey, "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them.") The poem has been turned into a song in several adaptations:
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* "Ooh La La" by Music/{{Faces}}. A man warns his grandson (the song's narrator) about the fickle nature of women, the grandson laughs it off but then learns the hard way that he was right. Then he closes the song by passing on the same advice to his grandson, but conceding that he'll have to learn the hard way too.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIzUTgtZ9_Q "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"]] by Iron Maiden is based on the classic Samuel Taylor Coleridge epic poem where an old man's penance is to tell his bizarre supernatural tale of survival on the high seas to various individuals, in this case he stops a guest on their way to a wedding and mesmerizes them with his strange story.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIzUTgtZ9_Q "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"]] by Iron Maiden Music/IronMaiden is based on the classic Samuel Taylor Coleridge epic poem where an old man's penance is to tell his bizarre supernatural tale of survival on the high seas to various individuals, in this case he stops a guest on their way to a wedding and mesmerizes them with his strange story.
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* ''Father and Son'' by ''Music/CatStevens'' is about a father passing down some life advice to his son who is about to move away.
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* ''Father "Father and Son'' Son" by ''Music/CatStevens'' Music/CatStevens is about a father passing down some life advice to his son who is about to move away.away.
* Music/MenAtWork's "Settle Down My Boy", as the title indicates, is about a man's advice to a younger one, and he might not be his son as one of the lines is "Listen to your father and he'll tell you the same as me" .
* Music/MenAtWork's "Settle Down My Boy", as the title indicates, is about a man's advice to a younger one, and he might not be his son as one of the lines is "Listen to your father and he'll tell you the same as me" .
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4 "Old Man"]] on the 1967 ''Forever Changes'' album by Love is this trope to a "T".
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4 "Old Man"]] on the 1967 ''Forever Changes'' ''Music/ForeverChanges'' album by Love Music/{{Love}} is this trope to a "T".
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKpQRjj_WbU&ob=av2e People are Crazy]]" by Music/BillyCurrington is about the narrator going to a bar, and meeting an old man. The two talk for hours like old friends, and after that they never speak again. The old man dies, and it turns out he's a millionaire that has decided to [[PassedOverInheritance leave his fortune to the younger man instead of his own kids]].
* In Craig Morgan's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdItuvBxc8&ob=av2e This Ain't Nothin']]", a reporter asks an old man what he plans to do after a tornado destroyed his entire home. The old man tells him that a destroyed house is nothing that money can't replace - at age 8 he lost his father; in Vietnam he lost his brother, his best friend, and his left hand; and last year his wife of fifty years died - so a ruined house is ''nothing''.
** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czw4HjgZ9Fs Almost Home]]" the narrator wakes up a homeless old man he finds sleeping outside in subzero weather. The old man shares the dream he had been having about a nostalgic day in his youth, and wishes the narrator had left him alone because he was "almost home". This was intentionally left open-ended on whether he meant he was almost home in the dream, or almost home to Heaven.
* In Love and Theft's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c85JZt6xoQ Can't Go Back]]", in the first verse, the narrator mentions that he meets an old man by the side of the road, and offers to drive him home, and the old man tells him that the world's living in sin, and you might want peace and understanding and harmony again, but you can't go back to where you've never been.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZXRpTi99U The Good Stuff]]" by Music/KennyChesney, after the narrator fights with his significant other, he goes to a bar and asks for "the good stuff". The old barkeep tells him that "the good stuff" is kissing your girlfriend, marrying her and seeing her hold your baby girl, and being there to hold her hand as she dies.
** Another Kenny Chesney song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpKBMywiEjw Don't Blink]]" is about a 102-year-old man being interviewed; he is asked about the secret to life. He advises the viewers "don't blink", because life goes by so fast. The narrator, who saw this on television, decides to slow down and enjoy life more.
* In Phil Vassar's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12SOiGWJiwc Don't Miss Your Life]]", the narrator is on a plane working. The older man next to him says he used to be the same way, but then he [[WhenYouComingHomeDad missed all the important events in his kids' life]]. The narrator decides that as soon as the plane lands, he'll buy a ticket to go back home.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-C-IbkuNWs Waitin' On A Woman]]" by Music/BradPaisley, the narrator's waiting for his wife, and an old man sits down next to him and tells him affectionately how he's always waiting for his own wife, and he doesn't mind, and if he's the first to go, he'll still be waiting for her and won't mind how long she takes. Paisley even re-released the song with AndyGriffith spliced in for the old man's parts, and this version was used in the music video (see above).
* Music/KennyRogers' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2mFiN7GIc The Gambler]]" is about the narrator speaking to an older man on a train. The older man gives him advice about life, comparing life to a game of cards.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REGPO7qnzAI&ob=av2e Old Man and Me]]" by Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish is about the narrator speaking to an old man, who talks about his life and wonders who will walk with him in {{Heaven}}.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-jaqezWBU Minutes to Memories]]" by John Mellencamp, an old man on a bus speaks to the young man next to him. He advises him to live an honest life, being tough and being the best he can be. Toward the end of the song, it is revealed that the young man is the narrator, and that he's found that the old man's advice helped, so he's passing it on too.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycze0tiMAPw Love, Me]]" by Music/CollinRaye is about the narrator's grandfather talking about his relationship with the narrator's grandmother, hours before she dies.
* In Craig Morgan's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdItuvBxc8&ob=av2e This Ain't Nothin']]", a reporter asks an old man what he plans to do after a tornado destroyed his entire home. The old man tells him that a destroyed house is nothing that money can't replace - at age 8 he lost his father; in Vietnam he lost his brother, his best friend, and his left hand; and last year his wife of fifty years died - so a ruined house is ''nothing''.
** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czw4HjgZ9Fs Almost Home]]" the narrator wakes up a homeless old man he finds sleeping outside in subzero weather. The old man shares the dream he had been having about a nostalgic day in his youth, and wishes the narrator had left him alone because he was "almost home". This was intentionally left open-ended on whether he meant he was almost home in the dream, or almost home to Heaven.
* In Love and Theft's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c85JZt6xoQ Can't Go Back]]", in the first verse, the narrator mentions that he meets an old man by the side of the road, and offers to drive him home, and the old man tells him that the world's living in sin, and you might want peace and understanding and harmony again, but you can't go back to where you've never been.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZXRpTi99U The Good Stuff]]" by Music/KennyChesney, after the narrator fights with his significant other, he goes to a bar and asks for "the good stuff". The old barkeep tells him that "the good stuff" is kissing your girlfriend, marrying her and seeing her hold your baby girl, and being there to hold her hand as she dies.
** Another Kenny Chesney song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpKBMywiEjw Don't Blink]]" is about a 102-year-old man being interviewed; he is asked about the secret to life. He advises the viewers "don't blink", because life goes by so fast. The narrator, who saw this on television, decides to slow down and enjoy life more.
* In Phil Vassar's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12SOiGWJiwc Don't Miss Your Life]]", the narrator is on a plane working. The older man next to him says he used to be the same way, but then he [[WhenYouComingHomeDad missed all the important events in his kids' life]]. The narrator decides that as soon as the plane lands, he'll buy a ticket to go back home.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-C-IbkuNWs Waitin' On A Woman]]" by Music/BradPaisley, the narrator's waiting for his wife, and an old man sits down next to him and tells him affectionately how he's always waiting for his own wife, and he doesn't mind, and if he's the first to go, he'll still be waiting for her and won't mind how long she takes. Paisley even re-released the song with AndyGriffith spliced in for the old man's parts, and this version was used in the music video (see above).
* Music/KennyRogers' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2mFiN7GIc The Gambler]]" is about the narrator speaking to an older man on a train. The older man gives him advice about life, comparing life to a game of cards.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REGPO7qnzAI&ob=av2e Old Man and Me]]" by Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish is about the narrator speaking to an old man, who talks about his life and wonders who will walk with him in {{Heaven}}.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-jaqezWBU Minutes to Memories]]" by John Mellencamp, an old man on a bus speaks to the young man next to him. He advises him to live an honest life, being tough and being the best he can be. Toward the end of the song, it is revealed that the young man is the narrator, and that he's found that the old man's advice helped, so he's passing it on too.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycze0tiMAPw Love, Me]]" by Music/CollinRaye is about the narrator's grandfather talking about his relationship with the narrator's grandmother, hours before she dies.
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* "[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKpQRjj_WbU&ob=av2e People "People are Crazy]]" Crazy"]] by Music/BillyCurrington is about the narrator going to a bar, and meeting an old man. The two talk for hours like old friends, and after that they never speak again. The old man dies, and it turns out he's a millionaire that has decided to [[PassedOverInheritance leave his fortune to the younger man instead of his own kids]].
* In Craig Morgan's"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdItuvBxc8&ob=av2e This "This Ain't Nothin']]", Nothin',"]] a reporter asks an old man what he plans to do after a tornado destroyed his entire home. The old man tells him that a destroyed house is nothing that money can't replace - at age 8 he lost his father; in Vietnam he lost his brother, his best friend, and his left hand; and last year his wife of fifty years died - so a ruined house is ''nothing''.
** In"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czw4HjgZ9Fs Almost Home]]" "Almost Home"]] the narrator wakes up a homeless old man he finds sleeping outside in subzero weather. The old man shares the dream he had been having about a nostalgic day in his youth, and wishes the narrator had left him alone because he was "almost home". home." This was intentionally left open-ended on whether he meant he was almost home in the dream, or almost home to Heaven.
* In Love and Theft's"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c85JZt6xoQ Can't "Can't Go Back]]", Back,"]] in the first verse, the narrator mentions that he meets an old man by the side of the road, and offers to drive him home, and the old man tells him that the world's living in sin, and you might want peace and understanding and harmony again, but you can't go back to where you've never been.
* In"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZXRpTi99U The "The Good Stuff]]" Stuff"]] by Music/KennyChesney, after the narrator fights with his significant other, he goes to a bar and asks for "the good stuff". The old barkeep tells him that "the good stuff" is kissing your girlfriend, marrying her and seeing her hold your baby girl, and being there to hold her hand as she dies.
** Another Kenny Chesney song,"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpKBMywiEjw Don't Blink]]" "Don't Blink"]] is about a 102-year-old man being interviewed; he is asked about the secret to life. He advises the viewers "don't blink", because life goes by so fast. The narrator, who saw this on television, decides to slow down and enjoy life more.
* In Phil Vassar's"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12SOiGWJiwc Don't "Don't Miss Your Life]]", Life,"]] the narrator is on a plane working. The older man next to him says he used to be the same way, but then he [[WhenYouComingHomeDad missed all the important events in his kids' life]]. The narrator decides that as soon as the plane lands, he'll buy a ticket to go back home.
* In"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-C-IbkuNWs Waitin' "Waitin' On A Woman]]" Woman"]] by Music/BradPaisley, the narrator's waiting for his wife, and an old man sits down next to him and tells him affectionately how he's always waiting for his own wife, and he doesn't mind, and if he's the first to go, he'll still be waiting for her and won't mind how long she takes. Paisley even re-released the song with AndyGriffith spliced in for the old man's parts, and this version was used in the music video (see above).
* Music/KennyRogers'"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2mFiN7GIc The Gambler]]" "The Gambler"]] is about the narrator speaking to an older man on a train. The older man gives him advice about life, comparing life to a game of cards.
*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REGPO7qnzAI&ob=av2e Old "Old Man and Me]]" Me"]] by Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish is about the narrator speaking to an old man, who talks about his life and wonders who will walk with him in {{Heaven}}.
* In"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-jaqezWBU Minutes "Minutes to Memories]]" Memories"]] by John Mellencamp, an old man on a bus speaks to the young man next to him. He advises him to live an honest life, being tough and being the best he can be. Toward the end of the song, it is revealed that the young man is the narrator, and that he's found that the old man's advice helped, so he's passing it on too.
*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycze0tiMAPw Love, Me]]" "Love, Me"]] by Music/CollinRaye is about the narrator's grandfather talking about his relationship with the narrator's grandmother, hours before she dies.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vef03k5i8VI&ob=av2n Old Man]]" by Music/NeilYoung is about a young man telling an old man that they're not that different.
* [[Music/TomTHall Tom T. Hall's]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FU_TuwM2Dw Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine]]" is an old man's view on the three worthwhile things in life.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vef03k5i8VI&ob=av2n Old Man]]" by Music/NeilYoung is about a young man telling an old man that they're not that different.
* [[Music/TomTHall Tom T. Hall's]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FU_TuwM2Dw Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine]]" is an old man's view on the three worthwhile things in life.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9LP7m2XI8 A song]] by Music/TheyMightBeGiants for the soundtrack to the 2010 Creator/TimBurton [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 film adaptation]].
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*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vef03k5i8VI&ob=av2n Old Man]]" "Old Man"]] by Music/NeilYoung is about a young man telling an old man that they're not that different.
* [[Music/TomTHall Tom T. Hall's]]"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FU_TuwM2Dw Old "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine]]" Wine"]] is an old man's view on the three worthwhile things in life.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIzUTgtZ9_Q Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]" by Iron Maiden is based on the classic Samuel Taylor Coleridge epic poem where an old man's penance is to tell his bizarre supernatural tale of survival on the high seas to various individuals, in this case he stops a guest on their way to a wedding and mesmerizes them with his strange story.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSZbbTjM0Es Can I Play With Madness]]", also by Iron Maiden, recounts a conversation between a young man struggling with nightmarish visions and an old prophet.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5K_w9Tbhoc The Mollusk]]" by Ween doesn't explicitly mention the age of the wise person speaking to the child about his newfound invertebrate...but from the context he is much older and experienced in the ways of questionably factual marine life knowledge.
* Some examples of the last type of song - a daughter speaking with her father - include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4G2A_yfZk La Bella Franschescina]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNlcVtBNXQ Mon Pere Mariez-Moi Donc]].
* A [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA Africa]]" by Toto: the narrator stops an old man specifically ''because'' he wanted a conversation, but the man didn't say anything.
* {{Parodied}} in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO30Yznbnrg Old Blevins]]" by Music/TheAustinLoungeLizards. The song starts out sounding like it is going to be a standard "old man in a bar offers young man advice" song, but most of Blevins' dialogue is just "BlahBlahBlah" and the singer realizes that if he doesn't patch things up with his girl, he might end up just like Old Blevins.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4 Old Man]]" on the 1967 ''Forever Changes'' album by Love is this trope to a "T".
* "[[http://www.sing365.com/music/HotLyrics.nsf/Slip-On-By-lyrics-Austin-Webb/BD703B33D20F330348257BA6004E0248 Slip On By]]" by Austin Webb is similar in subject matter to "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney, mentioned above.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQFiVHO-B4k Oddfellows Local 151]]" by Music/{{REM}} is a parody of this; [=PeeWee=], the protagonist, sits behind the firehouse to preach his wisdom to people, but he keeps falling over (it's implied that he's drunk) and the only people there to listen to him are a boy and girl who have to drag him away to clean him up.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-2GeZFDdc Mr Bojangles]]" by Jerry Jeff Walker; Mr Bojangles ([[NamesTheSame not Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]]) is a silver-haired man the singer meets in a jail cell, who talks about his life as a StreetPerformer, and demonstrates his dance moves.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSZbbTjM0Es Can I Play With Madness]]", also by Iron Maiden, recounts a conversation between a young man struggling with nightmarish visions and an old prophet.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5K_w9Tbhoc The Mollusk]]" by Ween doesn't explicitly mention the age of the wise person speaking to the child about his newfound invertebrate...but from the context he is much older and experienced in the ways of questionably factual marine life knowledge.
* Some examples of the last type of song - a daughter speaking with her father - include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4G2A_yfZk La Bella Franschescina]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNlcVtBNXQ Mon Pere Mariez-Moi Donc]].
* A [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA Africa]]" by Toto: the narrator stops an old man specifically ''because'' he wanted a conversation, but the man didn't say anything.
* {{Parodied}} in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO30Yznbnrg Old Blevins]]" by Music/TheAustinLoungeLizards. The song starts out sounding like it is going to be a standard "old man in a bar offers young man advice" song, but most of Blevins' dialogue is just "BlahBlahBlah" and the singer realizes that if he doesn't patch things up with his girl, he might end up just like Old Blevins.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4 Old Man]]" on the 1967 ''Forever Changes'' album by Love is this trope to a "T".
* "[[http://www.sing365.com/music/HotLyrics.nsf/Slip-On-By-lyrics-Austin-Webb/BD703B33D20F330348257BA6004E0248 Slip On By]]" by Austin Webb is similar in subject matter to "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney, mentioned above.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQFiVHO-B4k Oddfellows Local 151]]" by Music/{{REM}} is a parody of this; [=PeeWee=], the protagonist, sits behind the firehouse to preach his wisdom to people, but he keeps falling over (it's implied that he's drunk) and the only people there to listen to him are a boy and girl who have to drag him away to clean him up.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-2GeZFDdc Mr Bojangles]]" by Jerry Jeff Walker; Mr Bojangles ([[NamesTheSame not Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]]) is a silver-haired man the singer meets in a jail cell, who talks about his life as a StreetPerformer, and demonstrates his dance moves.
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* "[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIzUTgtZ9_Q Rime "Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]" Mariner"]] by Iron Maiden is based on the classic Samuel Taylor Coleridge epic poem where an old man's penance is to tell his bizarre supernatural tale of survival on the high seas to various individuals, in this case he stops a guest on their way to a wedding and mesmerizes them with his strange story.
*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSZbbTjM0Es Can "Can I Play With Madness]]", Madness,"]] also by Iron Maiden, recounts a conversation between a young man struggling with nightmarish visions and an old prophet.
*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5K_w9Tbhoc The Mollusk]]" "The Mollusk"]] by Ween doesn't explicitly mention the age of the wise person speaking to the child about his newfound invertebrate...but from the context he is much older and experienced in the ways of questionably factual marine life knowledge.
* Some examples of the last type of song - a daughter speaking with her father - include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4G2A_yfZk La Bella Franschescina]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNlcVtBNXQ Mon Pere Mariez-MoiDonc]].
Donc.]]
* A [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] in"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA Africa]]" "Africa"]] by Toto: the narrator stops an old man specifically ''because'' he wanted a conversation, but the man didn't say anything.
* {{Parodied}} in"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO30Yznbnrg Old Blevins]]" "Old Blevins"]] by Music/TheAustinLoungeLizards. The song starts out sounding like it is going to be a standard "old man in a bar offers young man advice" song, but most of Blevins' dialogue is just "BlahBlahBlah" and the singer realizes that if he doesn't patch things up with his girl, he might end up just like Old Blevins.
*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbzmX0BDpC4 Old Man]]" "Old Man"]] on the 1967 ''Forever Changes'' album by Love is this trope to a "T".
*"[[http://www.[[http://www.sing365.com/music/HotLyrics.nsf/Slip-On-By-lyrics-Austin-Webb/BD703B33D20F330348257BA6004E0248 Slip "Slip On By]]" By"]] by Austin Webb is similar in subject matter to "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney, mentioned above.
*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQFiVHO-B4k Oddfellows "Oddfellows Local 151]]" 151"]] by Music/{{REM}} is a parody of this; [=PeeWee=], the protagonist, sits behind the firehouse to preach his wisdom to people, but he keeps falling over (it's implied that he's drunk) and the only people there to listen to him are a boy and girl who have to drag him away to clean him up.
*"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-2GeZFDdc Mr Bojangles]]" "Mr Bojangles"]] by Jerry Jeff Walker; Mr Bojangles ([[NamesTheSame not Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]]) is a silver-haired man the singer meets in a jail cell, who talks about his life as a StreetPerformer, and demonstrates his dance moves.
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* Some examples of the last type of song - a daughter speaking with her father - include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4G2A_yfZk La Bella Franschescina]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNlcVtBNXQ Mon Pere Mariez-Moi
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTrPJvEzmwQ Chiseled in Stone]]" by Vern Gosdin is the story of an encounter with an old man in a bar, where narrator has gone after a fight with his lover. The old man tells the younger how lucky he is to have someone to go home to, revealing that his wife had passed away. The conversation inspires the narrator to buy flowers and reconcile.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T37UqfkmuY8 Tattoos and Scars]]" by Montogomery Gentry is also about two men in a bar. The young man enters and shows off his tattoos, telling stories about where he got them. The old man then displays his scars, which are all from a much harder life, including fighting in a war.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T37UqfkmuY8 Tattoos and Scars]]" by Montogomery Gentry is also about two men in a bar. The young man enters and shows off his tattoos, telling stories about where he got them. The old man then displays his scars, which are all from a much harder life, including fighting in a war.
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* "[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTrPJvEzmwQ Chiseled "Chiseled in Stone]]" Stone"]] by Vern Gosdin is the story of an encounter with an old man in a bar, where narrator has gone after a fight with his lover. The old man tells the younger how lucky he is to have someone to go home to, revealing that his wife had passed away. The conversation inspires the narrator to buy flowers and reconcile.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T37UqfkmuY8Tattoos "Tattoos and Scars]]" Scars"]] by Montogomery Gentry is also about two men in a bar. The young man enters and shows off his tattoos, telling stories about where he got them. The old man then displays his scars, which are all from a much harder life, including fighting in a war.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T37UqfkmuY8
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* When he did a country album, naturally Music/{{Voltaire}} had to do one. We got ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxPx-sxXlc When You're Dead]]''.
* Music/JimmyBuffett has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bbkyjCb2c Last Mango in Paris]], where the narrator (presumably Jimmy himself) has a conversation with "a legend," who regales him with tales of derring-do, then mysteriously disappears.
* Music/JimmyBuffett has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bbkyjCb2c Last Mango in Paris]], where the narrator (presumably Jimmy himself) has a conversation with "a legend," who regales him with tales of derring-do, then mysteriously disappears.
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* When he did a country album, naturally Music/{{Voltaire}} had to do one. We got ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxPx-sxXlc When You're Dead]]''.
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* Music/JimmyBuffett has"[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bbkyjCb2c Last 'Last Mango in Paris]], Paris,"]] where the narrator (presumably Jimmy himself) has a conversation with "a legend," who regales him with tales of derring-do, then mysteriously disappears.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3-PHktE34 Moments]]" by Emerson Drive is about a young man DrivenToSuicide who meets a homeless old man under a bridge who tells him about meaningful moments in his past. This inspires the young man to ponder his own life and remember his own moments. He walks away imagining the old man sharing the story of helping him pull through as another of his moments.
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* "[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3-PHktE34 Moments]]" "Moments"]] by Emerson Drive is about a young man DrivenToSuicide who meets a homeless old man under a bridge who tells him about meaningful moments in his past. This inspires the young man to ponder his own life and remember his own moments. He walks away imagining the old man sharing the story of helping him pull through as another of his moments.
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* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' parodies this in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaVvfzMTVZA The Moment is Me]]", an intentionally trite song about facing the future. Heather approaches an old woman in the park thinking to ask for life advice, only to realize that the old woman is ''her'' future self and is similarly disgusted by how cliche the song is.
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* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' parodies this in "[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaVvfzMTVZA The "The Moment is Me]]", Me,"]] an intentionally trite song about facing the future. Heather approaches an old woman in the park thinking to ask for life advice, only to realize that the old woman is ''her'' future self and is similarly disgusted by how cliche the song is.
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* "You Are Old, Father William" is a Lewis Carroll poem written into the narrative of Literature/AliceInWonderland. It involves a young man questioning his father's silly, age-inappropriate behaviors. (It's also a parody of a [[WeirdAlEffect long-forgotten]] moralizing poem by Robert Southey, "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them.") The poem was turned into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9LP7m2XI8 a song]] by Music/TheyMightBeGiants for the soundtrack to the 2010 Creator/TimBurton film adaptation. Sammy Davis Jr. also performed it as a song in the 1985 TV musical version of ''Alice in Wonderland''.
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* "You Are Old, Father William" is a Lewis Carroll poem written into the narrative of Literature/AliceInWonderland.''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. It involves a young man questioning his father's silly, age-inappropriate behaviors. (It's also a parody of a [[WeirdAlEffect long-forgotten]] moralizing poem by Robert Southey, "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them.") The poem was has been turned into [[https://www.a song in several adaptations:
** The 1965 double LP audio version had [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjqOziUu2g&t=1m38s a version]] performed by Karen Dotrice (Alice, as the young man) and Ian Wallace (the Caterpillar, as Father William), with music by Philip Green.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTcgLZn_Uqw Very briefly]] performed by J. Pat O'Malley as the Tweedles in [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Disney version]].
** Music/SammyDavisJr [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5W9djZerSY performed it as a song]] in [[Film/AliceInWonderland1985 the 1985 TV musical version]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9LP7m2XI8a A song]] by Music/TheyMightBeGiants for the soundtrack to the 2010 Creator/TimBurton [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 film adaptation. Sammy Davis Jr. also performed it as a song in the 1985 TV musical version of ''Alice in Wonderland''.adaptation]].
** The 1965 double LP audio version had [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjqOziUu2g&t=1m38s a version]] performed by Karen Dotrice (Alice, as the young man) and Ian Wallace (the Caterpillar, as Father William), with music by Philip Green.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTcgLZn_Uqw Very briefly]] performed by J. Pat O'Malley as the Tweedles in [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland the Disney version]].
** Music/SammyDavisJr [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5W9djZerSY performed it as a song]] in [[Film/AliceInWonderland1985 the 1985 TV musical version]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9LP7m2XI8
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** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czw4HjgZ9Fs Almost Home]]" the narrator wakes up a homeless old man he finds sleeping outside in subzero weather. The old man shares the dream he had been having about a nostalgic day in his youth, and wishes the narrator had left him alone because he was "almost home". This was intentionally left open-ended on whether he meant he was almost home in the dream, or almost home to Heaven.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3-PHktE34 Moments]]" by Emerson Drive is about a young man DrivenToSuicide who meets a homeless old man under a bridge who tells him about meaningful moments in his past. This inspires the young man to ponder his own life and remember his own moments. He walks away imagining the old man sharing the story of helping him pull through as another of his moments.
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* The infamous ballad "I've Never Been to Me" by OneHitWonder Charlene is a distaff variation, sung by a woman who stops a younger woman on the street and tells her to appreciate the simple pleasures of life. The song's writers also wrote a gender-shifted version where the narrator is a haggard old man talking to a younger man.
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* Music/JimmyBuffett has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bbkyjCb2c Last Mango in Paris]], where the narrator (presumably Jimmy himself) has a conversation with "a legend," who regales him with tales of derring-do, then mysteriously disappears.
