Charles Aznavour’s Yesterday When I Was Young covered by Roy Clark amongst many others.
"I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall
Concerned itself with me, me and nothing else at all"
When it comes to philosophical surely Jacques Brel should always get a mention.
The one that immediately comes to mind is the love it/loathe it UK smash hit Seasons in the Sun as recorded by Terry Jacks.
Oh hang on, what about Leonard Cohen’s Chelsea Hotel?
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were famous, your heart was a legend
You told me again, you preferred handsome men
But for me you would make an exception And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty
You fixed yourself, you said "Well nevermind
We are ugly but we have the music"
Or Lou Reed’s Pale Blue Eyes?
Skip a life completely.
Stuff it in a cup.
She said, Money is like us in time,
It lies, but can’t stand up.
Down for you is up."
