Enjoy Yourself ! It's later than you think

2/21/2010 – Want to write about seizing each moment NOW! Because Catherine died last Sunday and because I think we all forget just how precious each moment is and how fast life really goes….or can go as in the case of a shorter life/unexpected death. And you just never know. And then it ultimately doesn’t matter as we all would do well to appreciate more now what we have and think more on what really matters in life.


Wolf was singing a song yesterday with these lyrics, “Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.” Searched the sentence in quotes and found this (below) on this site (http://www.rvproperty.com/enjoyyourself_theme.htm) Jim said that this wasn’t the group that sang the song he was thinking of though. Here are the lyrics below.

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In the name of fun I have taken the liberty to apply a few of the lyrics to our RV culture.

Enjoy this old tune - Words & Music by Carl Sigman & Herb Magidson and Recorded by Guy Lombardo, 1950
Enjoy Yourself ! It's later than you think.

Please find the lyrics below.

You work and work for years and years, you're always on the go

You never take a minute off, too busy makin' dough

Someday, you say, you'll go fulltime (*have your fun) when you're a millionaire

Imagine all the fun you'll have in your old rockin' chair

Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think!

Enjoy yourself. While you're still in the pink!

The years go by, As quickly as a wink.

Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.



You're gonna take that RV (*ocean) trip, no matter, come what may

You've got your reservations made, but you just can't get away

Next year, for sure, you'll go fulltime (*see the world), you'll really get around

But how far can you travel when you're six-feet under ground?

Your heart of hearts, your dream of dreams, your ravishing brunet

She's left you and she's now become somebody else's pet.

Lay down that gun don't try my friend to reach the great beyond

You'll have more fun by camping with (*reaching for) a redhead or a blond.

Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think!

Enjoy yourself. While you're still in the pink!

The years go by, As quickly as a wink.

Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.

You never go to campgrounds (*nightclubs) and you just don't care to hike (*dance).

You don't have time for silly things like campfires (*moonlight) and a bike (*romance).

You only think of dollar bills tied neatly in a stack

But when you kiss a dollar bill it doesn't kiss you back.

Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think!

Enjoy yourself. While you're still in the pink!

The years go by, As quickly as a wink.

Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.

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Oh, here is the ska music that Jim was thinking of: http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/artist/The+Specials/3730.
Well now…..this one sounds more like it. I have heard this before (but don’t know exactly who sang the version I heard). Oh, Jim likes “A Message To You Rudy” by the Specials too.  I do too….that is ska music to me!