2:10
single, 1951
Written by Jimmy Murphy
Sounding a bit like Willie Nelson in the vocal delivery, but blistering guitar-plucking like a countrified Del McCoury, Murphy rips through this half-humorous, half-poignant song about aging. It has been listed as just "We Live a Long Long Time" and as the full title but with just one "Long." Either way, it's a toe-tapping, uptempo number, with sly lyrics about facing mortality. "You can hear your kinfolks talking, they'll be whispering all around / 'Old Grandpa'd be better off if he's six feet under the ground.'"
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