Life Begins At --

Life begins before you're one
When first you gaze upon the sun.
Life begins with book and rule
When first you toddle off to school.
Life begins at seventeen
When you behold a stunning queen.

Life begins at twenty-three -
You get your coveted degree.
Then life begins at twenty-four
Youe cease to be a bachelor.
And life begins at twenty-eight -
You enter the parental state.

Life begins at thirty-two -
You've found the job that suited you.
Life begins at forty-nine -
You're going strong and feeling fine.
Then life begins at sixty-five
And you retire much alive.

And then you reach three score and ten
To find that life begins again.
Life begins each morning bright
On waking from the dead of night.
Yes, life begins from day to day
As you go trudging on your way.