When You Are Old And Grey-Tom Lehrer

[ti:When You Are Old And Grey] [ar:Tom Lehrer] [al:In Concert] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]When You Are Old And Grey - Tom Lehrer [00:00.58]The most popular type of [00:01.55]Popular song is of course the love song [00:03.17] [00:04.07]And I'd like to [00:04.97]Illustrate several subspecies of this form during [00:07.07]The evening [00:07.92]First of all [00:08.62] [00:09.29]The type of love song where the fellow tells the girl [00:11.79]That although the years [00:12.91]Ahead will almost certainly destroy every [00:15.49]Vestige of her already dubious charms [00:18.23] [00:20.73]That nonetheless his love [00:22.61]For her will shine on forever through the years [00:24.58]You know [00:25.01] [00:25.73]Another example of stark realism in the popular song [00:28.77] [00:31.30]This particular example is called [00:32.97]When You Are Old And Grey [00:34.22]And I'd like to dedicate [00:35.24]It to anyone in the audience who is still [00:37.29]In love with each other [00:38.30] [00:40.00]Since I still appreciate you [00:44.90]Let's find love while we may [00:47.16] [00:48.19]Because I know I'll hate you [00:51.84]When you are old and grey [00:55.22]So say you love me here and now [00:58.10] [00:58.63]I'll make the most of that [01:00.49] [01:01.96]Say you love and trust me [01:03.92]For I know you'll disgust me [01:06.11]When you're old and getting fat [01:08.81] [01:13.22]An awful debility [01:14.61]A lessened utility [01:16.17]A loss of mobility [01:17.92]Is a strong possibility [01:19.59]In all probability [01:21.08]I'll lose my virility [01:22.74]And you your fertility [01:24.38]And desirability [01:26.47]And this liability [01:27.98]Of total sterility [01:29.60]Will leed to hostility [01:31.29]And a sense of futility [01:33.31] [01:34.49]So let's act with agility [01:37.74]While we still have facility [01:40.44]For we'll soon reach senility [01:43.45]And lose the ability [01:47.97] [01:48.50]Your teeth will start to go dear [01:53.23]Your waist will start to spread [01:55.88] [01:56.48]In twenty years or so dear [02:00.14]I'll wish that you were dead [02:02.65] [02:03.40]I'll never love you then at all [02:05.77] [02:06.52]The way I do today [02:08.57] [02:09.78]So please remember [02:11.80]When I leave in December [02:13.49] [02:14.25]I told you so in May