Some times I do, and some times I'm darn glad that the past is behind me, and some times I'm not too sure if the future of this world will be a good one.
"If that's all there is, my friend, then just keep dancing.
Let's break out the booze and have a ball,
if that's all -
there is."
2007-10-13 16:58:09 · 12 answers · asked by TRAF 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
As long as I wake up every day, and can still sing and dance to my hearts content, then that's all I can ask for. Whatever happened yesterday is done. I can't control what happens out in the world (not saying that I don't care and won't stop trying), but now I just want to make the best of my own little corner of it.
And now if GA Girl will just share that bottle..............!!!
2007-10-13 18:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by night-owl gracie 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I'm disappointed with the circumstances of life but basically I try to hold firmly to appreciating the small and important things of life that matter to me most. I try not to focus too much on that which might have been lost, or not had, but on what I have and the amazingly loving people in my life that truly make such a difference.. Material things really can pass away quickly and so I value very much the relationships that I've developed over the years.. I think life is always a learning process and it can be up and down, and sometimes the challenges are harder than other times.
2016-05-22 08:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure that song was about disillusionment so much as reality of life. I always took that song to mean we make far too much of small stuff when life needn't be such a drama! Remember the lines, "If that's all there is, then let's keep dancing...." I think those were the key words...enjoy life, for this is all we have. Perhaps I am wrong, but that is how I take the message of the song, if there is one. And, Peggy Lee was quite a singer! Goldwing
2007-10-13 17:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I was 14 years old when I watched Peggy Lee sing that song on television and I was totally mesmerized by it. I think the message is that whatever happens, happens, and we don't need to make such a big deal out of it.
2007-10-13 17:04:18 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. WD 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I've got her singing this song in a tiny club in New York, on Video. She was well into her late 60's early 70"s. It is a special video, and I must try and have it done over to DVD. But it is still in storage in South Africa. I have to sort my things out over there! I think we all get to think like that sometimes. But As Frankie sings. "Pick yourself up and Start All over Again" Peggy Lee. One of my favourites.
2007-10-13 22:48:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. That song can depress a person. But, it is a cheery little number compared to the one that Brecht and Wilde wrote for their musical "The Rise and Fall of Mahogony". A soul-draining little ditty called "Moon of Alabama". That song could probably induce a total optimist into contemplating suicide. LOL!
2007-10-13 17:56:10 · answer #6 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably the most despair I've ever felt is listening to that song. Remember how sad it made me feel the first time I heard and truly wondered if the gal was suicidal.
2007-10-14 04:47:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I called one time and asked the suicide prevention line the very same thing...years ago.(I had been on a diet and went into a deep depression..probably from malnutrition). She said ,"No"..and it jerked me out of the depression. So the answer to the first part of your question is "NO!!!!" (Did that help???)
2007-10-13 17:05:29 · answer #8 · answered by Deenie 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Disappointment in peoples behavior or a product but life in general is a case of dance on..dance on regardless of circunstance.
2007-10-14 04:24:05 · answer #9 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i agree with goldwing i think the song is saying if thats you`ve got theres no need to worry party on just my opinion
2007-10-14 00:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋