LIFE IS SO PECULIAR
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan (1928) (3â22)
Written by: Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen
<Notes: No marks=Armstong; (..)=Jordan; {..}=Both>
(Scat)
Oh life {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 never compain.
When I get up each morning, there's nothing to breathe but air, (Yeah)
(And when I look in the mirror, there's nothing to comb but hair),
And when I sit down to breakfast, thereâs nothing to eat but food,
{Life is so peculiar but you can't stay home and brood}.
Oh, life(Tell âem about it pops) is so peculiar, the desert has only got sand, (And thatâs grand).
The oceans only got water,(And you canât drink it all up), you never know where you stand.
(When I get out to dinner, there's nothing to wear but clothes),
(Whenever I get sleepy, there's nothing to do but doze), Yeah
(Whenever I get thirsty, there's nothing to do but drink),
{Life is no peculiar that it makes you stop and think},
Yes, life (boop-a-doo-wa-boo-waa), is so peculiar, (It sure is).
A fork belongs with the knife (It sure does)
(Corn beef is lost without cabbage), I love cabbage, a husband should have a wife,
(Yes), {life is so peculiar, but as everybody says}.
{That's life}.
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(Life), Yes life (itâs so peculiar), a-hugh (a bird can usually sing). A bird, I do too.
(A pearl is made by an oyster), New Orleans? .. (Rampart Street)
(You canât be sure of a thing)
When I get tired of restinâ thereâs nothing to do but walk (walk it off pop).
And when I donât care to listen thereâs nothing to do but talk (keep you big mouth shut).
When Iâm up in the airplane thereâs nothing to do but fly (mm-hmm)
{Life is so peculiar but I often wonder why}
Oh, life, {boop-a-doo-wa-boo-waa}, is so peculiar, (sure is),
A fork belongs with a knife you know, (mm-mm)
(Corn beef is lost without cabbage), leftover cabbage? (Yeah).
A husband should have a wife.
(Yeah), {life is so peculiar, but what everybody says thatâs life}. One more for me Jim ⌠{thatâs life}.
Let me hear it one time ⌠{thatâs life}.
All together ⌠{Thatâs life}, yeaaah.
