LIFE IS SO Louis Armstrong & Louis (1928) (3'22)
by: Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen
(Scat) Oh {is so peculiar}, (you get so wet in the rain), You know 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 in the mirror, there's nothing to comb but hair), And when I sit down to breakfast, 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 got sand, (And that's 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, there's nothing to do but doze), (Whenever I get thirsty, nothing to do but drink), {Life is no peculiar it makes you stop and think}, Yes, (boop-a-doo-wa-boo-waa), is so peculiar, (It sure is).
A fork with 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 life (it's so peculiar), (a bird can usually sing). A bird, I do too. (A is made by an oyster), New Orleans? .. (Rampart Street) (You can't be of a thing) When I get tired of restin' there's to do but walk (walk it off pop). And I don't care to listen there's nothing to do but talk (keep you big mouth shut). When I'm up in the there's nothing to do but fly (mm-hmm) {Life is so peculiar but I often why} Oh, life, {boop-a-doo-wa-boo-waa}, is so peculiar, (sure is), A fork belongs with a you know, (mm-mm) (Corn beef is without cabbage), leftover cabbage? (Yeah). A husband have a wife. (Yeah), {life is so peculiar, but what everybody that's life}. One more for me Jim ... {that's life}. Let me hear it one ... {that's life}. All ... {That's life}, yeaaah.