If “When I’m Sixty-Four” sounds so simple a child could have written it, well, that’s kind of what happened. Paul McCartney wrote it when he was a teenager.

Those are lyrics from the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" — and the song asks legitimate questions. But way back when we first heard it, the questions seemed so hypothetical, so far in the future ...

Paul McCartney wrote the song, “When I’m Sixty-Four” at the age of 16 and later recorded it in 1966. I have listened to it most of my life. I remember reciting the lyrics in my youth ...

I was just 10 years old when Paul McCartney wrote “When I’m Sixty-Four.” I remember it well. I was in primary school in England, where every Thursday during the lunch hour we&#821… ...

Paul McCartney wrote the song, “When I’m Sixty-Four” at the age of 16 and later recorded it in 1966. I have listened to it most of my life. I remember reciting the lyrics in my youth ...

Paul McCartney wrote the song, “When I’m Sixty-Four” at the age of 16 and later recorded it in 1966. I have listened to it most of my life. I remember reciting the lyrics in my youth ...

Paul McCartney (far left) was 25 when this photo was taken in 1968, a year after the Beatles came out with "When I'm 64," a hit number on their album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." ...

In the lyrics, a young McCartney muses about growing old. Uncover what prompted McCartney's look into the future, below. Behind the Meaning of "When I’m Sixty Four" by the Beatles ...

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“When I’m Sixty-Four” appeared on The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. Years after writing the song, McCartney joked that updated lyrics might be appropriate ...

Paul McCartney wrote the song, “When I’m Sixty-Four” at the age of 16 and later recorded it in 1966. I have listened to it most of my life. I remember reciting the lyrics in my youth ...