WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GRAY
Ton Lehrer

Tom Lehrer (vocal & piano) 
rec Jan 22nd 1953 Boston


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 virility,
And you your fertility
And desirability!

And this possibility
Of total sterility
Will lead to hostility
And a sense of futility.

So let's act with agility
While we still have the 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!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2010)