One Life To Live 1941 'Lady In The Dark'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 04 Dec 2002

There are many minds in circulation,
believing in reincarnation.
In me you see one who doesn't agree.
Challenging possible affronts,
I believe I'll only live once
and I want to make the most of it.
If there's a party
I want to be the host of it,
if there's a haunted house
I want to be the ghost of it,
If I'm in town
I want to be the toast of it.

I say to me ev'ry morning,
you've only one life to live,
so why be done in?
Let's let the sun in
and gloom can jump in the riv'!
No use to beat on the doldrums
let's be imaginative.
Each day is numbered,
no good when slumbered,
with only one life to live.
Why let the goblins upset you?
One smile and see how they run.
And what does worrying net you?
Nothing! The thing is to have fun!
All this may sound kind of hackneyed.
But it's the best I can give.
Soon comes December,
so please remember,
You've only one life to live
Just one life to live.

I say to me ev'ry morning,
you've only one life to live,
so why be done in?
Let's let the sun in
and gloom can jump in the riv'!
No use to beat on the doldrums
let's be imaginative.
Each day is numbered,
no good when slumbered,
with only one life to live.
Why let the goblins upset you?
One smile and see how they run.
And what does worrying net you?
Nothing! The thing is to have fun!
All this may sound kind of hackneyed.
But it's the best I can give.
Soon comes December,
so please remember,
You've only one life to live
Just one life to live.

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One Life To Live 1941
from 'Lady In The Dark'
Music by Kurt Weil
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
copyright 1941 renewed 1969 Hampshire House Pub. Corp.
and Ira Gershwin Music
All Rights for Ira Gershwin Music
Administered by WB Music Corp.
All Rights reserved
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 04 December 2002 at 00.06
in association with Doug Grierson
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