When You Are Old and Gray by Tom Lehrer
When You Are Old and Gray by Tom Lehrer

When You Are Old and Gray

Tom Lehrer * Track #10 On Songs by Tom Lehrer

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When You Are Old and Gray by Tom Lehrer

Release Date
Thu Jan 22 1953
Performed by
Tom Lehrer
About

Lehrer flips a common song trope on its head once again with ‘When You Are Old and Gray’. Rather than the traditional pledge of a long love life as the singer and their object of affection gracefully age, Lehrer spells out the reasons why the relationship is doomed to fall apart.

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When You Are Old and Gray Lyrics

Since I still appreciate you
Let's find love while we may
Because I know I'll hate you
When you are old and grey

So say you love me here and now
I'll make the most of that
Say you love and trust me
For I know you'll disgust me
When you're old and getting fat!

An awful debility
A lessened utility
A loss of mobility
Is a strong possibility
In all probability
I'll lose my virility
And you your fertility
And desirability
And this liability
Of total sterility
Will leed to hostility
And a sense of.. futility
So let's act with agility
While we still have facility
For we'll soon reach senility
And lose the ability

Your teeth will start to go dear
Your waist will start to spread
In twenty years or so dear
I'll wish that you were dead

I'll never love you then at all
The way I do today
So please remember
When I leave in December
I told you so in May

When You Are Old and Gray Q&A

Who wrote When You Are Old and Gray's ?

When You Are Old and Gray was written by Tom Lehrer.

When did Tom Lehrer release When You Are Old and Gray?

Tom Lehrer released When You Are Old and Gray on Thu Jan 22 1953.

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