"I'd Never Thought I'd Live to be a Hundred" is a 1969 song by the progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 band The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues

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, from their album To Our Children's Children's Children

To Our Children's Children's Children

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Written by Justin Hayward

Justin Hayward

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, the song is a short ballad about getting to do all of the things that one never got to do. This realization makes the narrator seem like he is a hundred years old to himself, as he never thought he would be able to accomplish these things.

There is also a sequel to the song, titled "I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Million." "I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Million" is only half a minute long, and basically describes the same things as "I Never Thought I'd Live to be a Hundred," except in this case, the narrator is a million.