Lori McKenna, 'People Get Old' Night Owl | NPR Music

Lori McKenna is a master of the eloquently plainspoken gut punch. Watch her performance from the Greenwich House Music School.

[imspartacvs]

Just came across Lori a few weeks ago... I climbed out from under my rock
What an incredible artist. I can't stop listening to her.
Mark is the perfect accompaniment. Great backing vocals ... great guitarist... its prefect and well...
PRICELESS

Thanks for the music,

Matt
Hudson Valley, NY

[JohnShepherdMusic]

This beautiful song on this particular day hit a nerve. We are closing on the sale of THE family home of 57 years today. Our father recently passed and our mother was more recently moved into hospice. I always thought the home was the center of it all but now I realize its in our hearts. “Children grow up, houses get sold, and that’s how it goes.” Thank you Lori for this beautiful glimpse into your and all of our lives

[KitTaylorMusic]

She is such an amazing songwriter and singer, I wish she was more recognised by the radio.

[RatedA]

These lyrics, this voice, this melody...they are all so inspirational! We are blessed to have Lori in this world!

[kellyketcham]

Ah Lorraine! THANK YOU FOR EVERY NOTE AND HELPING ME CAPTURE AND CONTAIN and RETAIN incredible memories and pure love and joy!

[erinm]

Wish I heard her on the radio. She's such a great songwriter. 🖤

[samglickman]

So good. . . Please do a TINY DESK with Lori!!

[inigosanchez]

Songs like this give sense to another song, "What a wonderful world". Thank you for such a beautiful moment. (Asturias, Spain)

[nastasecarmennastase]

Beautiful place & music!
Greetings from Pisa Italy!

[anipzis]

Someone said, "Youth is wasted on the young"
I spilled every last drop of time that summer in the sun
My daddy had a Timex watch
Cigarette in his hand and a mouthful of scotch
Spinnin' me around like a tilt-a-whirl on his arm
Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Kids, come on in before your supper gets cold
Collection plates and daddy's billfold
And that's how it goes
You live long enough, people get old
I sat up right beside him in the cabin of that truck
Goin' thirty miles-an-hour down a side road talkin' 'bout the fish we caught
And I'm older now than he was then
If I could go back in time, I would in a second
To his beat-up blue jeans and a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off
Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Kids growin' up and seekin' out the window
Hittin' every small-town dirt road
And that's how it goes
You live long enough and people get old
Yeah, people get old
Daddy keeps busy in the aftenoons playin' cards by himself
And he shouldn't be shovelin' that first snow, but you know he won't take the help
Full of pride and love, he don't say too much but hell, he never did
And you still think he's forty-five and he still thinks that you're a kid
One day you'll find yourself sayin' the things that he said
You'll be walkin' down the hallway, turnin' off every light switch
When you twirl your kids in your arms
Before you know it, it won't take too long
They'll be runnin' off makin' a life just like you did
Houses need paint, winters bring snow
Nothin' says "love" like a band of gold
Babies grow up and houses get sold
And that's how it goes
Time is a thief, pain is a gift
The past is the past, it is what it is
Every line on your face tells a story somebody knows
That's just how it goes
You live long enough and the people you love get old

[frohbot]

And Mark Erelli too ladies and gentlemen! (Can we get a lil’ name drop there NPR :-)

[thegoodtunes]

Great sound and production, both music and video! Loving it, very inspiring to watch.

[seheabol]

I am currently going obsessed with this song

[jamesrobillardjr]

Lori McKenna's music is beautiful. But it's too real to listen to sometimes. I couldn't in public.