When You Are Old and Gray

Album: Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
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  • Since I still appreciate you
    Let's find love while we may
    Because I know I'll hate you
    When you are old and gray

    So say you love me here and now
    I'll make the most of that
    Say you love and trust me
    For I know you'll disgust me
    When you're old and getting fat.

    An awful debility,
    A lessened utility,
    A loss of mobility
    Is a strong possibility.
    In all probability,
    I'll lose my verility
    And you your fertility
    And desirability,
    And this liability
    Of total sterility
    Will lead to hostility
    And a sense of futility,
    So let's act with agility
    While we still have facility,
    For we'll soon reach senility
    And lose the ability

    Your teeth will start to go, dear
    Your waist will start to spread
    In twenty years or so, dear
    I'll wish that you were dead

    I'll never love you then at all
    The way I do today
    So please remember
    When I leave in December
    I told you so in May Writer/s: Thomas A Lehrer
    Publisher: Public Domain
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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