What a Drag It Is

Today’s Mick Jagger’s birthday And it must be quite a drag, For seven-zero are the years That he’s got in the bag. When “Mother’s Little Helper” Was released and made the charts, A younger Mick, at twenty-three, Was breaking younger hearts. That famous lyric from the song, While catchy and harmonic, When issued from his youthful lips I’m sure seemed quite ironic. But now that many years have passed And Mick’s an older dude, The irony’s no longer there, Despite his attitude. So rock on, Mick, and celebrate Because, if truth be told, At seventy, you must agree, It’s no fun getting old!