OLD AGE PENSION CHECK 
Recorded by Roy Acuff 
Writer: Roy Acuff 
 
D When our old age pen-A7 sion check comes to our D door 
We won't have to D7 dread the G poorhouse any D more 
Though we're G old and thin and gray 
Good D times will be back to stay 
When our old age pen-A7 sion A7 check comes to our D door. 
 
When her old age pen-A7 sion check comes to her D door 
Dear old grand-D7 ma won't be G lonesome any D more 
She'll be G waiting at the gate, ever' D night she'll have a date 
When her old age pen-A7 sion check comes to her D door. 
 
Grow a flowing, long white beard and use a cane 
'Cause you're in your second childhood, don't complain 
Life will just begin at sixty, we'll all feel very frisky 
When our old age pension check comes to our door. 
 
Powder and paint will be abolished on that day 
And hoop skirts will then be brought back into play 
Painted cheeks will be the rage, and old maids will tell their age 
When their old age pension checks come to their door. 
 
All the drug stores will go bankrupt on that day 
For cosmetics, they will all be put away 
I'll put a flapper on the shelf, get a grandma for myself 
When her old age pension check comes to her door. 
 
There's a man that turned this country upside down 
With his old age pension rumor going 'round 
If you want in on the fun, send your dime to Washington 
And that old age pension man will be around.