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Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
Aladdin's lamp is mine.
If you'll promise not to cry, Baby,
I will kiss you by-and-by - Maybe!
Though you're six feet three,
You will always be
Nothing but a Baby, dear, to me.
Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.
The way you wear your hat,
The way you sip your tea,
The mem'ry of all that
No, no! They can't take that away from me!
But, tell me, is it worth the while To decorate this earth the while The men are so unworthy of our zeal? No more the days of heroes now - The men are only zeros now - A sex without the slightest sex appeal.
I'm bidin' my time,
'Cause that's the kinda guy I'm.
Life is one long jubilee.
One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.
A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.
What usually comes first is the contract.
If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases - They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.
There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me.
If you've ever wondered where the good songs go
After they've had their day,
You'll be glad to meet a man I know,
Wrinkled old and gray.
He collects the tunes that time has thrown aside -
Puts them under lock and key;
For a penny he is glad to set them free.
Summertime
And the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
Damn it all! What rhymes with rhythm?