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 trying to wait
For fortune and fate you're secure of
For there's one thing to be sure of mate
There's nothing 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 cause 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
Feeling broken and bent and unwell
But there's still no cure so heaven-sent
As the chance to raise some hell
â??Everybodyâ?
Oh it's time to start livin'
Time to take a little from the world we're given
Time to take time for spring will turn to fall
In just no time at all
Sages tweet that age is sweet
Good deeds and good work earns you laurels
But what could make you feel more obsolete
Than being noted for your morals?
Give me a man who is handsome and strong
Someone who's stalwart and steady
Give me a night that's romantic and long
Then give me a month to get ready
Now I could way-lay some aging roué
And persuade him to play in some cranny
But it's hard to believe I'm being led astray
By a man who calls me granny
â??1, 2, 3, 4â?
Oh it's time to start livin'
Time to take a little from the world we're given
Time to take time for 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 just throw these regale shoulders back
And lift these noble chins
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
â??Alright, one more time
Oh it's time to start livin'
Time to take a little from the world we're given
Time to take time for spring will turn to fall
In just no time at all
â??Alright guys, now this one's all meâ?
Oh it's time to keep livin'
Time to take a little from the world youâ??re given
You are my time so I'll throw off my shawl
And watching your flings be flung all over
Makes me feel young all over
In just (just) no (no) time (time) at all