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All the Good Times are Yet to Come

For Allan [1]. American Gothic, painting by Grant Wood [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons - tap on picture for more information

1. We used to go out to work for our pay,
  Up at six, then out of the door ...
Now we're retired we're at leisure all day,
  Little darlin' don't you weep no more.

(Chorus:)
  All the good times are yet to come,
      Oh the good times and more!
  All the good times are yet to come,
      Little darlin' don't you weep no more.

Brighton and Hove Bus advertising the Price of Freedom; click to visit the Traveline web site to plan your journey. 2. We used to drive where we had to go,
 "Keep your eyes on the road" - what a bore!
But now, with a Bus Pass, we can look at the view!
 Little darlin' don't you weep no more.

   All the good times are yet to come ...

3. Our children were lovely, when big and when small,
  Never gave us a chance (for) to slack,
We found ourselves always at their beck and call.
  But our grandchildren - we can give back!

  All the good times are yet to come ...

sign to the folk festival 4. (We) used to look forward to our weekends away,
  And the occasional Friday we'd shirk,
And now, strange to say, we're so busy each day -
 How'd we ever have time to work?

   All the good times are yet to come ...


5. If our hearing-aid's on, you don't have to shout,
  And our reading specs help us to see;
With pills from the doctor we can still get about,
  And all our prescriptions are free!

Chorus:
  All the good times are yet to come,
    Oh the good times and more!
  All the good times are yet to come,
    Little darlin' don't you weep no more.


Janet Elizabeth, July 2013, amended May 2022.

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