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When you are as old as I my friendVery few of us areYou will ruefully wonder why my friendMemories seem so farYou may squander away or sequesterA drop of a precious yearBut when your best days are yesterThe rest is twice as dearWhat good is a field On a fine summer nightIf you sit all alone with the weedsOr a succulent pearThat with each bite you takeYou spit out a tooth with the seedBefore it's to lateStop trying to wait for fortuneAnd fake you're secure ofFor there's one thing to be sure ofThere ain't nothing to be sure ofOh! It's time to start livingTime to take a little From the world we're givenTime to take time For Spring will turn to FallIn just no time at allSo when the drearies do attackSongtexteOr a siege of the sads beginsI throw these regal shoulders backAnd I lift these double chinsNow here is a secret I never have toldMaybe you'll understand whyI believe if I refuse to grow oldI shall be young till I dieNow I've had my fearsAnd seventy yearsI've had troubles and tears by the scoreBut the only thing I'd trade them forIs seventy moreOh! There's time to keep livingTime to keep on taking From the world we're givenTime to take timeFor Spring will turn to FallIn just no time at all Aus Songtexte Mania