Karaoké No Time at All Pippin

When you are as old as I my dear

And I hope that you never are

You will woefully wonder why my dear

Through your cataracts and catarrh

You could squander away or sequester a drop of a precious year

For when your best days are yester the rest'er twice as dear

What good is a field on a fine summer night if you sit all alone with the weeds

Or a succulent pear if with each juicy bite you spit out your teeth with the seeds

Before it's too late stop tryin' to wait for fortune and fame you're secure of

For there's one thing to be sure of mate

There's nothin' to be sure of

Oh it's time to start livin'

Time to take a little from this world we're given

Time to take time 'cos spring will turn to fall in just no time at all

I've never wondered if I was afraid when there was a challenge to take

I never thought about how much I weighed when there was still one piece of cake

Maybe it's meant the hours I've spent feelin' broken and bent and unwell

But there's still no cure so heaven-sent as the chance to raise some hell

Everybody

Oh it's time to start livin'

Time to take a little from the world we're given

Time to take time 'cos spring will turn to fall in just no time at all

Now when the drearies do attack

And a siege of the sads begins

I throw these regal shoulders back and lift these noble chins

Give me a man who is handsome and strong

Someone who's stalwart and steady

Give me a night that's romantic and long

And give me a month to get ready

Now I could waylay some agin' roué

And persuade him to play in some cranny

But it's hard to believe

I'm bein' led astray by a man who calls me granny

Everybody

Oh it's time to start livin'

Time to take a little from the world we're given

Time to take time 'cos spring will turn to fall in just no time at all

Now sages tweet that age is sweet

Good deeds and good work earn you laurels

But what could make you feel more obsolete than bein' noted for your morals

Here is a secret

I never have told

Maybe you'll understand why

I believe if I refuse to grow old

I can stay young 'till I die

Now I've known the fears of sixty-six years

I've had troubles and tears by the score

But the only thing

I'd trade them for is sixty-seven more

Oh it's time to keep livin'

Time to keep takin' from this world we're given

You are my time so I'll throw off my shawl

And watchin' your flings be flung all over makes me feel young all over

In just no time at all