
The song comes from her 2010 album Speak Now.

“Even the Dalai Lama is a Willie Nelson fan. Life can be a vicious journey, and this song epitomizes these intricacies about growing up. Taylor Swift ’s Never Grow Up is perhaps the quintessential song about kids growing up. “All of the sudden, it didn’t matter if you were a hillbilly or a hippie, everyone was a Willie Nelson fan,” Wilson said of Nelson’s late-blooming emergence as a singing superstar when he left Nashville, Tennessee, and returned to his native Texas in the 1970s. The parade of partners illustrated one of the night’s themes: Willie brings people together. The folksy tune starts with children catching fireflies then eventually transitions. “Somebody make some noise for the legend Mr. The Circle Game is a poetic song about children growing up and how we’re captive on the carousel of time. When I Grow Up was the first song that Tim Minchin wrote for Matilda, attempting to find a tone for the entire musical, drawing inspiration from his own.

Introduction FAQ Glossary Music licensing API Bookmarks. The two friends looked too happy to care. SecondHandSongs is building the most comprehensive source of cover song information. Standout lyric: In the garden of evil/ I’m gonna be the greatest/ In a golden cathedral/ I’ll be praying for the faithless. She speaks as a child to a parent or some other very significant person.

Strutting out came rapper Snoop Dogg, sitting next to Nelson as they launched into their stoner anthem, “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” Perhaps fittingly, each seemed to forget the words at times. Panic At The Disco, Hey Look Ma, I Made It. I interpret this song as follows: This is a adult haunted by her memories of childhood. Nelson then shouted, “Come out and roll one with me Snoop!” After Young, Nelson brought out George Strait, a country superstar of the following generation, for their self-referential duet, “Sing One With Willie,” followed by the Willie perennial, “Pancho and Lefty,” with Strait singing the part once played by the late Merle Haggard. This upbeat song takes you through many years of a young child’s life.
