George M. Cohan — Lifes a Funny Proposition After All

(Verse 1) Did you ever sit and ponder Sit and wonder, sit and think Why we're here and what this life is all about? It's a problem that has driven Many brainy men to drink It's the weirdest thing they've tried to figure out About a thousand diff'rent theories All the scientists can show But never yet have proved a reason why With all we've thought And all we're taught Why all we seem to know Is we're born, live a while, then we die (Chorus 1) Life's a very funny proposition after all Imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy and all Three meals a day A whole lot to say; When you haven't got the coin, you're always in the way Ev'rybody's fighting as we wend our way along Ev'ry fellow claims the other fellow's in the wrong; Hurried and worried Until we're buried And there's no curtain call Life's a very funny proposition after all (Verse 2) When all things are coming easy And when luck is with a man Why then life to him is sunshine ev'rywhere; Then the fates blow rather breezy They quite upset a plan Then he'll cry that life's a burden hard to bear Though today may be a day of smiles, tomorrow's still in doubt And what brings me joy, may bring you care and woe; We're born to die, but don't know why, or what it's all about And the more we try to learn the less we know (Chorus 2) Life's a very funny proposition, you can bet And no one's ever solved the problem properly as yet Young for a day Then old and gray; Like the rose that buds and blooms and fades and falls away Losing health To gain our wealth As through this dream we tour Ev'rything's a guess and nothing's absolutely sure; Battles exciting and fates we're fighting until the curtain falls Life's a very funny proposition after all