Life Is Just a Cup of Hemlock

Tune: Lew Brown's and Ray Henderson's "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries"

Life is just a cup of hemlock.
I'm very serious—
It's deleterious.
You sweat, you strain, you pay your dues,
But with all the snafus, you're a cinch to lose.
You're caught in what you call a grem-lock—
A gremlin traffic jam.
You fall for a dame (you still haven't learned),
Your heart is on fire, and so you get burned.
Yes, life is just a cup of hemlock;
Drink deep—and don't give a damn.