Sunset Years of Life Song Lyrics and Chords by Slim Dusty and Joy McKean
Sunset Years Of Life
Recorded by Slim Dusty and Joy McKean
Written by Joe Hayes
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Mom and dad's been married
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50 years
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today
And for them old time has
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surely slipped
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But those
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wrinkles they don't lie their young
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years have passed them
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by
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older day by
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Yes they're
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living in the sunset years of
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life
Heaven blessed them through the
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years as man and
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wife
Not one
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moment of regret and there's
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lots to live for
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yet
Yes they're living in the
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sunset years of
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life
How they loved us kids no
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one but us could
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know
I remember endless
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times they told us
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so
One by
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one we all left home we have
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families of our
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own
But their home is our
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special place to
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go
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It's so good that we could
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all be home
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today
And I wish that every
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one of us could
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stay
For mom and
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dad it was a must one half
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hundred years of
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us
It's their golden anni
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versary
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today
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Sunset Years of Life?
- The song Sunset Years of Life was sang by Slim Dusty and Joy McKean.
Who is Slim Dusty and Joy McKean?
- Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick 13 June 1927 - 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades and producing numerous recordings. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australia, particularly of bush life and renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson that represented the lifestyle. The music genre was coined the "bush ballad", a style first made popular by Buddy Williams, the first artist to perform the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs.
Slim Dusty "released more than a hundred albums, selling more than seven million records and earning over 70 gold and platinum album certifications". He was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons' "A Pub with No Beer". He received an unequalled 45 Golden Guitar and an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) award. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and Australian Roll of Renown. At the time of his death, at the age of 76, Dusty had been working on his 106th album for EMI Records. In 2007, his domestic record sales in Australia surpassed seven million. During his lifetime, Dusty was considered an Australian National Treasure. He performed "Waltzing Matilda", a very famous song in Australia, at the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
