Seventeen and Twenty-One Lyrics by David Craig (USA)
Gershwin Rarities, Volume 1
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[TIMOTHY] Age was creeping on me I had just turned twenty-one You then dawned upon me And a new day was begun [ANNE] I was getting wrinkled I had just turned seventeen Then my bright star twinkled As it brought you on the scene [TIMOTHY] All the day and night time It was true love that I craved You came at the right time And a lonely soul was saved [ANNE] Oh, love was late in reaching me I never had been kissed And from what you've been teaching me Oh dear, how much I've missеd I had to wait 'til I was seventeen [TIMOTHY] And I, in turn, 'til I was twenty-onе When we met I asked myself quizzically "Do you only love this girl physically?" But bigger, better, finer your appeal My heart soon told me that my love was real Oh why, oh why, oh why did I have to wait as I did And mope along 'til I was twenty-one? Heigh ho, heigh ho Oh, what a blow I had to wait 'til twenty-one [ANNE] At the age of seven In the days of long ago I'd have thought it heaven If you'd been my gigolo [TIMOTHY] If I'd only caught you When my blood was young and hot Then when others sought you I'd have shot them on the spot [ANNE] Let us grin and bear it Though it be a bitter pill We cannot repair it Time alone cures every ill [TIMOTHY] There still is love, and plenty, too And plainly to be seen Think! I might have been twenty-two While you'd have been eighteen [ANNE] I had to wait 'til I was seventeen [TIMOTHY] And I, in turn, 'til I was twenty-one [ANNE] Years and years I moped and sat tragically You appeared—I changed like that, magically It's you who caused my sleeping heart to wake When you came round I really got a break You've made life gay and fresher You gave me high blood pressure Why did I have to wait 'til seventeen? Oh me, oh my To think that I Was forced to wait 'til seventeen
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