Life is short, short, brother, (Ain't it the truth!) And there is no other, (Ain't it the truth!) You got to rock that rainbow While you still got your youth, Ain't it the solid truth!
Was a guy called Adam, (Ain't it the truth!) He said: "Look here, madam..." (Ain't it the truth!) "You got to bite that apple While you still got your tooth." Ain't it the mellow truth!
Lord gave you wine and gin To drown your troubles in, What's all this talk of sin? Rise and shine And fall in line.
Get that new religion (Ain't it the truth!) 'Fore you is dead pigeon (Ain't it the truth!) 'Cause when you layin' horizontal In that telephone booth, There'll be no breathin' spell, That's only naturell, Ain't it the gos-a-pel truth!
Life is short, short, brother, (Ain't it the truth!) And there is no other, (Ain't it the truth!) So if you don't love livin' Then you're slightly uncouth, Ain't it the visible truth!
Said that gal DuBarry, (Ain't it the truth!) "Love is cash and carry." (Ain't it the truth!) "You got to shake it down Or stir it up with vermouth." Ain't it the dignified truth!
Life is a ripplin' brook, Man is a fish to cook, You got to bait your hook, Rise and shine And cast your line.
Got to get your possum (Ain't it the truth!) While you still in blossom (Ain't it the truth!) That went for Delilah, Cleopatra and Ruth: Them babes did mighty swell, They rang that Jeze-bell, Ain't it the gos-a-pel truth! It's the truth, The truth, It's the solid mellow truth!