51st Anniversary

A fifty years they've been married

And they can't wait for their fifty-first to roll around

Yeah, roll around

A thirty years they've been married

And now they're old and happy, and they settle down

Settle down, yeah

Twenty years they've been married

And they did everything that could be done

You know they're havin' fun

And then you come along and talk about

So you, you say you wanna be married

I'm gonna change your mind

Oh, got to change

That was the good side, baby

Here comes the bad side

Ten years they've been married

A thousand kids run around hungry

'Cause their mother's a louse

Daddy's down at the whiskey house

That ain't all

For three years they've been married

They don't get along so good

They're tired of each other, you know how that goes

She got another lover

Huh, same old thing

So now you're seventeen

A-run around hangin' out, and a-havin' your fun

Life for you has just begun, baby

And then you come saying

So you, you say you wanna be married

Oh, baby, tryin' to put me on a chain

Ain't that some shame?

You must be losin' your sweet little mind

I ain't ready yet, baby, I ain't ready

I'm gonna change your mind

Ooh, look out, baby

Oh

I ain't ready to get tied down

I ain't ready

I ain't ready now

Let me live a little while longer

Let me live

Let me live a little while longer, oh

So if you're finished talkin', let me get back in my groove