No Time At All

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 are 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

And 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

Everybody!

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 earn 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 (ooh, ooh)

Someone who's stalwart and steady (ooh, ooh)

Give me a night that's romantic and long (ooh, ooh)

Then give me a month to get ready (ooh)

Now I could waylay

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

One, two, three, four!

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

So, when the drearies do attack

And a siege of the sads begins

I throw these regal 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 'til 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

Alright, one more time!

And this time let's here it from everybody!

One, two, three, four!

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

Oh

It's time to keep livin'

Time to keep takin' from the world you're given

You are my time

So, I'll throw off my shawl

And watching your flings (ah, ah)

Be flung all over (ah, ah)

Makes me feel young all over (ah, ah, ah)

In just

No time

At all!