John Mellencamp
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And my grandmother told me this when she lived to be 100.
And I would go over and I'd lay in bed with her when she was like 99, 98.
And one day she said to me, she goes, you know, John, if you don't stop this cussing and wild living, you're not going to get into heaven.
And I went, ah, Grandma.
She goes, yes, you know, you need to change your ways a little bit.
And I said, yeah, well, you'll get me into heaven.
She said, you're going to find out real soon.
Now listen, life is short even in its longest days.
But just think about those words coming from a 100-year-old woman.
You know, life is short even in its longest days.
Really, the opposite end of the spectrum.
Oh, yeah, life goes on.
Right, right, right, right.
So I wrote a song called Life is Short, and I love playing it.
I love playing it because it really hits the nail on the head of, you know, getting... How old did you say you were?