They're Either Too Young Or Too Old 1943 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12Apr2014
2014

You marched away
and left this town
as empty as can be,
I can't sit under
the apple tree
with anyone else but me.
For there is no secret lover,
that the draft board
didn't discover.

They're either too young
or too old,
they're either too grey
or too grassy green,
the pickin's are poor
and the crop is lean
what's good is in the army,
what's left will never harm me.
They're either too old
or too young,
so darling,
you'll never get stung.
Tomorrow I'll go hiking
with that Eagle Scout unless
I get a call from grandpa
for a snappy game of chess.
I'm finding it easy
to stay good as gold.
They're either too young
or too old.

They're either too warm
or too cold,
They're either too fast
or too fast asleep,
so darling, believe me
I'm yours to keep,
there isn't any gravy,
the gravy's in the Navy.
They're either too fresh
or too stale,
there is no available male,
I will confess
to one romance
I'm sure you will allow,
he tries to serenade me
but his voice is changing now.
I'm finding it easy
to keep things controlled.
They're either too young
or too old.

They're either too bald
or too bold,
I'm down to the wheel chair
and bassinet,
My heart just refuses
to get upset,
I simply can't compel it to,
with no marines to tell it to.
I'm either their first
breath of spring,
or else I'm their last little fling.
I either get a fossil
or an adolescent pup,
I either have to hold him off
or have to hold him up.
The battle is on,
but the fortress will hold,
They're either too young
or too old.

I'll never, never fail ya,
while you are in Australia,
or out in the Aleutians
or off among the Rooshians
and flying over Egypt
your heart will never be gypped
and when you get to India
I'll still be what I've been to ya.
I've looked the field over,
and lo, and behold!
They're either too young
or too old.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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They're Either Too Young Or Too Old 1943 JPitt-Payne
performed by Bette Davis in "Thank Your Lucky Stars" - 1943
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
© 1943 by Warner Bros. Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 12 April 2014 at 16.08
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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