Senectitude Becomes Her

from Up To Snuff by Ivan St John

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Your first impression's that she's over the hill
She'll tell you that she's still attractively built, uhuh.
See how the flowers all
Stand to attention as she's sweeping the yard.
Routinely reverent to the passage of time
But there are times when she has drunken too much wine
(And she will cry her heart out)

Oh Missus Jones
You like to tell us how you used to be a real looker once,
Missus Jones
Heaven knows we've heard all this before,
Missus jones.
Providence has kept you from achieving your potential worth,
Missus Jones,
Heaven knows now we've all heard it.

Her husband's money always went to good use
Spent it on remedies designed to hold onto youth.
See how the towels all used to
Unfold themselves as she was taking a bath
Looks in the mirror as she's dying her hair
The skin she used to love now lies in disrepair
(Oh life's just so unfair!)

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Pretty soon our youth will fade and our skin will start to sag
Our minds will disipate, we'll all be coots and hags
And we will envy those who are still so young and fair
As we sit powerless to halt our greying hair.
One thing I learned from Missus Jones is life's only certainty
That we will all grow old, grow old disgracefully.

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from Up To Snuff, released November 12, 2010
Written and produced by Ivan St John
Engineered by Rob Bochnik

Ivan St John - wurlitzer, piano, vocals, backing vocals
Liam Marley - bass
Ray Murphy - drums

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