Here's my transcription from the recording at RedHotJazz.com:


AS LONG AS YOU LIVE, YOU'LL BE DEAD IF YOU DIE
(Bernie Hanighen / Johnny Mercer)

I'm gonna leave you ...(?)
Somebody else is beatin' my time(?)
But you'll never hear me cry,
'Cause as long as you live, you'll be dead if you die.
You had your fun and now you rush off.
You're givin' me a royal(?) brush-off.
Now, you'll be sorry by and by,
'Cause as long as you live, you'll be dead if you die.

Oh, yes! Oh, yes! Take the good advice I give.
Oh, yes! Oh, yes! As long as you live, you'll be dead if you die.
You die, you're dead, as long as you live.

So here's a final word of warning:
You're gonna wake up dead some morning.
Then you'll cry: "How 'bout that guy?
I don't believe he was telling a lie."
So take it from me, as hard as you try,
As long as you live, you'll be dead if you die.

[Recorded by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, 1938.]