The Week contest: Old dad

Last week's question: Already a great-grandfather at 73, Mick Jagger recently became a father for the eighth time after his 29-year-old dancer girlfriend gave birth to a baby son. If the Rolling Stones were to write a song about the struggles of being a septuagenarian new dad, what title could the band give the track?
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THE WINNER: "Let's Take a Nap Together"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
SECOND PLACE: "Help Me Up"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
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THIRD PLACE: "You Can't Always Sleep When You Want"
Kris Freundlich, Madison, Wis.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Definitely the Last Time"
Nick Vacio, Perris, Calif.
"It's Only Rockers and Strollers (But I Like It)"
Laurie Precht, Westminster, Md.
"Sticky Everything"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.
"Anybody Seen My Baby (or My Glasses)"
Jody Zellman, New York City
"Time Ain't on My Side"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Beast of Burpin'"
John Parry, Eldersburg, Md.
"Can't You Hear Me Creaking?"
Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, Minn.
"Father Needs a Helper"
Andy Pal, Mountain View, Calif.
"You Can't Always Get What You Waahhh Waahhnt!"
Leigh Barker, Demarest, N.J.
"Exile on Sesame Street"
John Dulzo, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
"Fingerpaint It Black"
Colleen McEwen, Franklin, Mass.
"It's Only Rock and Strollers"
Joe Whitham, Goleta, Calif.
"No Sympathy for the Old Devil"
Doug Johnston, Eerie, Pa.
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