You're older than you've ever been and now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been and now you're even older
And now you're older still
Time
Is marching on
And Time
Is still marching on
This day will soon be at an end and now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
This day will soon be at an end and now it's even sooner
And now it's sooner still
You're older than you've ever been and now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been and now you're even older
And now you're older still
Quoth the Johns:
We recently got to perform this song on the Conan O'Brien show, but that was before we added the two instruments heard at the top. The first one you hear is called a "Rauschpfife." It is then joined by the strident Saroussophone, a 19th century substitute for the Contrabassoon. Obligatory wisecracks about the reasons for their current unpopularity have already been made and are unwelcome.
—John Linnell and John Flansburgh
[source: Emusic promotional email, August 3, 2001]