《When You are Old and Grey》歌词

[00:00:00] When You are Old and Grey - Tom Lehrer

[00:00:00] The most popular type of

[00:00:01] Popular song is of course the love song

[00:00:04] And I'd like to

[00:00:05] Illustrate several subspecies of this form during

[00:00:07] The evening

[00:00:07] First of all

[00:00:09] The type of love song where the fellow tells the girl

[00:00:11] That although the years

[00:00:12] Ahead will almost certainly destroy every

[00:00:15] Vestige of her already dubious charms

[00:00:20] That nonetheless his love

[00:00:22] For her will shine on forever through the years

[00:00:24] You know

[00:00:25] Another example of stark realism in the popular song

[00:00:31] This particular example is called

[00:00:33] When You Are Old And Grey

[00:00:34] And I'd like to dedicate

[00:00:35] It to anyone in the audience who is still

[00:00:37] In love with each other

[00:00:40] Since I still appreciate you

[00:00:44] Let's find love while we may

[00:00:48] Because I know I'll hate you

[00:00:51] When you are old and grey

[00:00:55] So say you love me here and now

[00:00:58] I'll make the most of that

[00:01:02] Say you love and trust me

[00:01:03] For I know you'll disgust me

[00:01:06] When you're old and getting fat

[00:01:13] An awful debility

[00:01:14] A lessened utility

[00:01:16] A loss of mobility

[00:01:17] Is a strong possibility

[00:01:19] In all probability

[00:01:21] I'll lose my virility

[00:01:22] And you your fertility

[00:01:24] And desirability

[00:01:26] And this liability

[00:01:28] Of total sterility

[00:01:29] Will leed to hostility

[00:01:31] And a sense of futility

[00:01:34] So let's act with agility

[00:01:37] While we still have facility

[00:01:40] For we'll soon reach senility

[00:01:43] And lose the ability

[00:01:48] Your teeth will start to go dear

[00:01:53] Your waist will start to spread

[00:01:56] In twenty years or so dear

[00:02:00] I'll wish that you were dead

[00:02:03] I'll never love you then at all

[00:02:06] The way I do today

[00:02:09] So please remember

[00:02:11] When I leave in December

[00:02:14] I told you so in May