I was 21 years when I wrote this song.
I’m 22 now, but I won’t be for long.
Time hurries on.
And the leaves that are green turn to brown.

Leaves That Are Green
Simon & Garfunkel (1966), Sounds of Silence

Babe.
I don’t wanna be the one.
That hurt you.
Hmmm.
Babe.
I don’t wanna be the one.
That ‘cause you pain.
He he hey.
Somebody find my a preacher.
So I can buy the rights.

The Right to Love You
The Mighty Hannibal, Hannibalism (compilation album)

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away.
He’s looking for that home and I hope he finds it.
But I’d trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday.
To be holding Bobby’s body next to mine.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
Nothing, that’s all that Bobby left me, yeah.
But feeling good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues.
Hey, feeling good was good enough for me, hmm hmm.
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

Me & Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin (1971), The Pearl Sessions

You’ve got this strange effect on me.
And I like it.
You’ve got this strange effect on me.
And I like it.
You make this world seem right.
You make my darkness bright, yes.
You’ve got this strange effect on me.
And I like it, and I like it.

This Strange Effect
Dave Berry (1965)