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