Snowy wrote:
... looked rather silly later. Bit like Mott the Hoople and not wanting to...
stay alive when you're 25 , I bet they had second thoughts at 24

how old was Bowie when he wrote it? Then there's the Who hoping they...
die before they get old....looks like they never got their wish either.
Oh dear Snowy, you're not looking into the deep meaningful side of the Who.
They're saying they hope they never grow old and decrepit and piss off the youth like you and me.
As for Jones, it's Billy he's talking about not himself innit so he's quite comfortable.
Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he kick it in the head when he was twenty-five
Speed jive dont want to stay alive
When youre twenty-five