Pete Seeger – My Get Up And Go (Guitar)

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 How do I know my youth is all spent?

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My get up and go has got up and went

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But in spite of it all I'm able to grin

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And think of the places my get up has been

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Old age is golden so I've heard said

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But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed

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With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup

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My eyes on a table until I wake up

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As sleep dims my vision I say to myself:

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Is there nothin' else I should lay on the shelf?

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But though nations are warring and business is vexed

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I'll still stick around to see what happens next.

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When I was young my slippers were red

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I could kick up my heels right over my head

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When I was older my slippers were blue

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But still I could dance the whole night through

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Now I am older my slippers turned black

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I huff to the store and I puff my way back

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But never you laugh, I don't mind at all

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'cause I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all

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I get up each morning and dust off my wits

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Open the paper and read the 'obits

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If I'm not there I know I'm not dead

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So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed