LIFE IS SO Armstrong & Louis Jordan (1928) (3'22)
Written by: Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van
(Scat) Oh life {is so peculiar}, (you get so wet in the rain), You it too? (mm-hmm). You get so warm in the sunshine, (Get my sun tan) (It doesn't pay to complain), I compain. I get up each morning, there's nothing to breathe but air, (Yeah) (And when I look in the mirror, nothing to comb but hair), And when I sit down to breakfast, there's to eat but food, {Life is so peculiar but you stay home and brood}. Oh, life(Tell 'em about it pops) is so peculiar, the has only got sand, (And that's grand).
The oceans only got water,(And you can't drink it all up), you never where you stand. (When I get out to dinner, there's to wear but clothes), (Whenever I get sleepy, nothing to do but doze), Yeah (Whenever I get thirsty, there's to do but drink), {Life is no peculiar it makes you stop and think}, Yes, life (boop-a-doo-wa-boo-waa), is so peculiar, (It is).
A fork belongs the knife (It sure does) (Corn beef is lost without cabbage), I love cabbage, a should have a wife, (Yes), is so peculiar, but as everybody says}. life}.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (Life), Yes (it's so peculiar), a-hugh (a bird can usually sing). A bird, I do too. (A pearl is made by an oyster), New .. (Rampart Street) (You can't be of a thing) When I get tired of restin' there's nothing to do but (walk it off pop). And when I don't care to listen there's nothing to do but (keep you big mouth shut). When I'm up in the airplane nothing to do but fly (mm-hmm) {Life is so but I often wonder why} Oh, life, {boop-a-doo-wa-boo-waa}, is so peculiar, (sure is), A belongs with a knife you know, (mm-mm) (Corn is lost without cabbage), leftover cabbage? (Yeah). A husband should a wife. (Yeah), {life is so peculiar, but what everybody says life}. One more for me Jim ... {that's life}. Let me it one time ... {that's life}. All ... {That's life}, yeaaah.