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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