51st Anniversary

Musician's Note: I cannot even begin to fathom the complexity of Jimi Hendrix's guitar playing, which is to say that I didn't even try. I'm a competent rhythm guitar player by nature and a very rudimentary lead guitarist.

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For fifty years they’ve been married
They can’t wait for their fifty-first
To roll around, yeah, roll around.

For thirty years they’ve been married
And now they’re old and happy
And they settle down
Settle down

For twenty years they’ve been married
And they did everything that could be done
You know, they have their fun.

And then you come along and talk about it:
“So you, you say you wanna be married,
I’m gonna change your mind.
Oh, gotta change it.”

That was the good side, baby
Here comes the bad side.

For ten years they’ve been married
A thousand kids went around hungry
‘Cause their Momma's a louse
Daddy’s down at the whiskey house.

That ain’t all,
For three years they’ve been married
They don’t get along so good,
They’re tired of each other.
You know how that goes,

She got another lover.
Hah, same old thing.

So now you’re seventeen
You run around hangin’ out
And having your fun
Life for you has just begun, baby.

And then you come sayin’:
“So you, you say you wanna be married.
I ain’t ready to get married,
I ain’t ready.
I’m gonna change your mind.

I ain’t ready to get tied down
I ain’t ready, I ain’t ready now
Let me live a little while longer