More accurately, I have re-written the lyrics to the Paul Simon song - Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, so with that famous tune in mind, here are my new words:
Fifty Ways to Show I’m 50
(To the tune ofFifty Ways
(To the tune of
"The problem is how to get these done in just a year
The answer is easy if you do it without fear
I'd like to try out 50 new things, step it up a gear
There must be fifty ways to show I’m 50
I said it's really not my habit to be brave
Trying out different things, that’s not how I behave
I may be middle-aged, but I’m not yet ready for my grave
There must be fifty ways to show I’m 50
Fifty ways to show I’m 50
You just go for a manicure
Maybe even a pedicure
Write a short story
Watch Citizen Kane
Read Anna Karenina
Knit a Dennis the Menace jumper
Just grow a big pumpkin
Then go glamping at Hay
Ooh do some tae kwondo
Have a tattoo, ooh
Go visiting Iceland, and
See the Northern Lights
Invent a new cocktail
Make up a new song
Go up in the London Eye
And learn a new dance
She said you have to draw a portrait of your sons
Then get on Pointless, meeting Alexander Armstrong
I have to learn to do some re-upholstery
And write a blog
You need to visit Bath and see the sights
Then solve a Rubik’s cube and always get it right
Eat only raw food for a week, enjoying every bite
She said you have to draw a portrait of your sons
Then get on Pointless, meeting Alexander Armstrong
I have to learn to do some re-upholstery
And write a blog
You need to visit Bath and see the sights
Then solve a Rubik’s cube and always get it right
Eat only raw food for a week, enjoying every bite
There must be fifty ways to show I’m 50
Fifty ways to show I’m 50
Make money for charity
Play a ukulele
Sing the Sound of Music
Dressed up as a nun.
Get a photo of my family
Teach the kids to do laundry
Get lost on a bus, then
Walk on Hadrian’s Wall
Get a film on YouTube
Make a patchwork quilt
Find out about Didlum
And make some éclairs
Tell people they’re lovely
Learn to stitch tapestry
Just help me to do this
And I’ll love you for life!
Quite pleased with this - but now I need to learn to play it on a ukulele or something, make a recording of it, then make a video to go with it, and finally, to get it put on YouTube! No idea how to do any of those things, so advice is welcome.
Love it
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