Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends - Original Mono - Louis Jordan

Dissipation is ruination

So don’t burn the candle at both ends

No, no, don’t burn the candle at both ends

You can’t stay up all day and all night

You just can’t do it, it just ain’t right

So don’t burn the candle at both ends

Now, one woman is fine

Two is enough

Three, I’ll allow

But four is too rough

Redheads are out

Brunettes are no better

So stay away from them gals with them pretty sweaters

Did you fill that prescription like the doctor said?

Three times a day and eight hours in bed?

Those rings under your eyes, look how they’ve grown

They’re so big, they got rings of their own

Too many cigarettes bring a big doctor bill

If women don’t kill you, nicotine will

So you better get some rest while you can

You can’t argue with the undertaker man

So don’t burn the candle at both ends

Don’t burn the candle at both ends

And girls, if you really want my advice

And you want a wedding with shoes and rice

You can’t do it

Don’t burn the candle at both ends

Now when a guy takes you to dinner and gets real chummy

Careful what you put in your tummy

Let him keep that seafood high on the shelf

If you order oysters, don’t make a pig o' yourself

Go to bed at five, wake up at five-thirty

You think you look like Hera Lamar

Look like Gravel Gertie

Listen, housewives, if you lead a fast life

You wind up lookin' like John’s other wife

That old man of yours won’t make a buck

'Cause when he has to lift that load in that truck

With all that dissipation and coffee in his cup

Believe me, sister, he won’t lift it up

So don’t burn the candle at both ends

No, no, don’t burn the candle at both ends

You’re livin' and lovin' much too fast

If you’ve got a good thing, you better make it last

Don’t burn the candle at both ends

Now, your body’s like a car, don’t let it get weak

Better check that motor so that radiator won’t leak

When it gets worn out, you won’t be able to trade it

So, every thousand miles, lubricate it

'Cause if you’re not careful, I see trouble ahead

You wake up one day and find yourself dead

Don’t burn the candle at both ends

No, no, don’t burn the candle at both ends

You can’t have your cake and still eat it

You can’t have a candle and overheat it

So don’t burn the candle at both ends

Now, wear your rubbers in the rain

And stay away from drafts on the train

Eat apple every day

Be sure your blood pressure’s okay

See your dentist twice the year

And stay away from root beer

Then again, you might have bad luck

Walk out in the street and get hit by a truck

So go on home and read the funny papers

And cut out all those funny cables

And remember folks

You can’t burn the candle at both ends