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Since I still appreciate you,
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Let's find love while we may.
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Because I know I'll hate you
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When you are old and gray.
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So say you love me here and now,
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I'll make the most of that.
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Say you love and trust me,
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For I know you'll disgust me
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When you're old and getting fat.
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An awful debility,
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A lessened utility,
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A loss of mobility
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Is a strong possibility.
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In all probability
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I'll lose my virility
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And you your fertility
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And desirability,
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And this liability
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Of total sterility
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Will lead to hostility
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And a sense of futility,
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So let's act with agility
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While we still have facility,
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For we'll soon reach senility
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And lose the ability.
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Your teeth will start to go, dear,
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Your waist will start to spread.
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In twenty years or so, dear,
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I'll wish that you were dead.
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I'll never love you then at all
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The way I do today.
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So please remember,
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When I leave in December,
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I told you so in May.
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When You Are Old And Gray
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| Tom Lehrer |
