When I'm Sixty-Four

When I'm Sixty-Four is a popular love song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (but co-credited to John Lennon) and released in 1967 on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It is sung by a young man to his love, about the perils of growing old together. It begins

When I get older, losing my hair,

many years from now,

will you still be sending me a valentine,

birthday greetings, bottle of wine?

and the chorus runs:

...will you still need me,

will you still feed me,

when I'm sixty-four?

The song accompanies the "Sea of Time" sequence in the film Yellow Submarine.

The song was parodied by The Rutles as "Back in '64" on the album Archaeology.

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