Danny Kaye — One Life to Live

[LIZA] There are many minds in circulation [MEN] Yeah [LIZA] Believing in reincarnation [MEN] Yeah [LIZA] In me you see One who doesn't agree Challenging possible affronts [MEN] Yes, yes [LIZA] I believe I'll only live once [MEN] Hear, hear [LIZA] And I want to make the most of it If there's a party, I want to be the host of it If there's a haunted house, I want to be the ghost of it If I'm in town, I want to be the toast of it I say to me every morning You've only one life to live So why be done in? Let's let the sun in And gloom can jump in the riv' No use to beat on the doldrums Let's be imaginative Each day is numbered No good when slumbered With only one life to live Why let the goblins upset you? One smile and see how they run And what does worrying net you? Nothing! The thing is to have fun All this may sound kind of hackneyed But it's the best I can give Soon comes December So please remember You've only one life to live Just one life to live I say to me every morning You've only one life to live So why be done in? Let's let the sun in And gloom can jump in the riv' No use to beat on the doldrums Let's be imaginative Each day is numbered No good when slumbered With only one life to live [MEN] Why let the goblins upset you? One smile and see how they run And what does worrying net you? [LIZA] Oh, ho, nothing! The thing is to have fun [MEN] Let's go [LIZA] All this may sound kind of hackneyed But it's the best I can give [LIZA & MEN] Soon comes December So please remember [LIZA] You've only one life to live [LIZA & MEN] Just one life to live