Dignified & Old
(Appears on 23 Great Recordings, Live at the Long Branch Saloon, Precise Modern Lovers Order, The Modern Lovers, Best of Jonathan Richman / I Must Be King, Songs Of Rememberance, The Modern Lovers (castle), Roadrunner Roadrunner and A Plea For Tenderness)
Unknown versions - Songs Of Rememberance
The Modern Lovers version - Chords
The Modern Lovers version - Lyrics
My telephone never rings
She'd never call me
I hate myself today
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I think I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I decieve myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
oh I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old, I know it!
And I say Hey kids (Hey kids)
I said Hey kids (Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I say hey, you don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
Precise Modern Lovers Order version - Chords
Precise Modern Lovers Order version - Lyrics
(now my telephone doesn't ring, she'd never call me and I hate myself that day, but we Modern Lovers can see through the sadness and we say "don't die" someday we'll be dignified and old together. we've written a song saying how we want to see everyone when we're all dignified and old and how you shouldn't die now, tempting as it sometimes seems. So with that thought in mind we say, ready 1, 2, 3, 4)
My telephone doesn't ring
well She'd never call me
well spring is sad today
But even I can see through the blinding miserable sadness
And so I won't die
Someday we'll be all dignified and old
Well my friends say I decieve myself
how I contradict myself
And I don't know if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
well I can take a challenge
And so I won't die now
Someday we'll be all dignified and old, together
That's what I say Hey kids (Hey kids)
I said Hey kids (Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
I said some day we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we will be dignified and old
Well now
see the mountain
My love and I we used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I'm not ashamed I can take it
I see through that death and sadness
so, I won't die
Someday I we'll be all dignified and old
Well now, look at the mountain
I stood alone in the mountain
And no girl understands me
But I can see through my lonliness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I'm gonna be dignified and old
I mean it now
???
Don't die!
Someday we'll be all dignified and old alright
Em D Em
My telephone never rings
D Em
She'd never call me
D C
I hate myself today
D Em D C
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
D
And so I won't die
C D C G
Someday I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I decieve myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old, I know it!
Bridge:
Em C G D
And I say Hey kids (Hey kids)
Em C G D
I said Hey kids
C D C
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
G
That's right
C D
I said some day we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Em D
Someday we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
C D C G
Someday we could be dignified and old together
(Verse again)
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
Now, you don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
Comments: I'm not really sure about the Hey Kids-part, it's just
something I figured out while singing the song, not while listening to
the recording. It sounds good, though. Another thing, which I'm pretty
sure is not on the record, is the extra Em chord I usually play on the
You don't die-part in the final verse.
C Em C D
Now, you don't die, now!
I just think it adds a bit of drama to the line (I'm not saying it
necessarily needs it!).
My telephone never rings
She'd never call me
I hate myself today
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I decieve myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old, I know it!
And I say Hey kids (Hey kids)
I said Hey kids
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
(Verse again)
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
Now, you don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
This chord pattern repeats throughout the song. My telephone never rings Well my friends say that I decieve myself Well now Well now, see the desert
E
My telephone never rings
E
She'd never call me
D
I hate myself today
C D E D C
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
C D
And so I won't die
C D C
Someday I think I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I decieve myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
Oh I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I know it
And I say hey kids
(Hey kids)
I said hey kids
(Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I say, you, don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
She'd never call me
I hate myself today
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I think I'll be dignified and old
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
Oh I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I know it
And I say hey kids
(Hey kids)
I said hey kids
(Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I say, you, don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together