Dear Aunt Alice,
why should I marry him?
My heart's young, I'd keep it free.
Oh, Aunt Alice,
there's always time enough.
Then she smiled and took my hand
And she said to me
When I was just a young thing
I can recall
I dreamt of seeing Paris in fall
In London in the springtime
Oh, I'd see it all,
I'd see it all someday
For I had plenty of time,
plenty of time
Why should I worry?
Yes, I had plenty of time,
plenty of time,
what was the hurry?
When I was still a young thing,
love was for fun, kisses and laughter,
then it was done.
Yes, when the game was over
swiftly I'd run
Oh, how I'd run away
For I had plenty of time
Plenty of time
Why should I worry?
Yes, I had plenty of time,
plenty of time,
what was the hurry?
But a world that's
right can soon go wrong,
and I guess I waited much too long.
For I've never been to Paris
or to London in the spring
And that love that I, I intended to choose
The years just refused to bring
And now, it suddenly seems
that I've run out of dreams
I can hold on to
Once I had plenty of time,
oh plenty of time
And where has it gone to?
Dear Aunt Alice,
I think I'll marry him.
All too soon, it's all too late.
Yes, Aunt Alice,
there's never time enough
Let me hold my love today
An d let tomorrow wait