LIFE IS SO Louis & 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 pay to complain), I never compain. When I get up each morning, there's nothing to but air, (Yeah) (And when I look in the mirror, nothing to comb but hair), And when I sit down to breakfast, nothing to eat but food, is so peculiar 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 oceans 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, there's 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 with the (It sure does) (Corn beef is lost without cabbage), I love cabbage, a husband should a wife, (Yes), is so peculiar, but as everybody says}. life}.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (Life), Yes life (it's so peculiar), a-hugh (a bird can sing). A bird, I do too. (A pearl is by an oyster), New Orleans? .. (Rampart Street) (You be sure of a thing) I get tired of restin' there's nothing to do but walk (walk it off pop). And when I don't care to listen nothing to do but talk (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 fork with a knife you know, (mm-mm) (Corn beef is lost without cabbage), 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 time ... life}. All ... {That's life}, yeaaah.