[00:00.886]How do I know my youth is all spent?
[00:04.144]My get up and go has got up and went
[00:07.653]But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
[00:11.162]And think of the places my get up has been.
[00:13.920]
[00:17.931]Old age is golden so I've heard said
[00:21.441]But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
[00:24.698]With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
[00:28.207]My eyes on the table until I wake up.
[00:34.223]As sleep dims my vision I say to myself:
[00:38.234]Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
[00:41.493]But though nations are warring and business is vexed
[00:46.005]I'll stick around to see what happens next.
[00:49.515]
[00:50.016]How do I know my youth is all spent?
[00:52.523]My get up and go has got up and went
[00:56.032]But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
[00:59.552]And think of the places my get up has been.
[01:03.311]
[01:08.576]When I was young my slippers were red,
[01:11.834]I could kick up my heels right over my head.
[01:15.595]When I was older my slippers were blue,
[01:18.853]But still I could dance the whole night thru.
[01:25.120]Now I am older my slippers are black,
[01:28.629]I huff to the store and I puff my way back.
[01:33.138]But never you laugh; I don't mind at all,
[01:36.144]I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all.
[01:39.402]
[01:39.653]How do I know my youth is all spent?
[01:42.911]My get up and go has got up and went
[01:46.421]But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
[01:49.930]And think of the places my get up has been.
[01:53.440]
[01:57.450]I get up each morning and dust off my wits
[02:01.211]Open the paper and read the obits
[02:04.720]If I'm not there I know I'm not dead
[02:07.978]So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.
[02:10.983]
[02:11.736]How do I know my youth is all spent?
[02:14.493]My get up and go has got up and went
[02:18.002]But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
[02:21.511]And think of the places my get up has been.