Classic Poem

VERSE

There are many minds in circulation
Believing in reincarnation.
In me you see
One who doesn't agree.
Challenging possible affronts,
I believe I'll only live once,
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.

REFRAIN

I say to me ev'ry 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.