Dissipation is ruination
So don't burn the candle at both ends
No, no, don't burn the candle at both ends

You can't stay up all day and all night
You just can't do it, it just ain't right
So don't burn the candle at both ends

Now, one woman is fine
Two is enough
Three, I'll allow
But four is too rough

Redheads are out
Brunettes are no better
So stay away from them gals with them pretty sweaters

Did you fill that prescription like the doctor said?
Three times a day and eight hours in bed?

Those rings under your eyes, look how they've grown
They're so big, they got rings of their own

Too many cigarettes bring a big doctor bill
If women don't kill you, nicotine will
So you better get some rest while you can
You can't argue with the undertaker man

So don't burn the candle at both ends
Don't burn the candle at both ends

And girls, if you really want my advice
And you want a wedding with shoes and rice
You can't do it
Don't burn the candle at both ends

Now when a guy takes you to dinner and gets real chummy
Careful what you put in your tummy

Let him keep that seafood high on the shelf
If you order oysters, don't make a pig o' yourself

Go to bed at five, wake up at five-thirty
You think you look like Hera Lamar
Look like Gravel Gertie

Listen, housewives, if you lead a fast life
You wind up lookin' like John's other wife

That old man of yours won't make a buck
'Cause when he has to lift that load in that truck
With all that dissipation and coffee in his cup
Believe me, sister, he won't lift it up

So don't burn the candle at both ends
No, no, don't burn the candle at both ends

You're livin' and lovin' much too fast
If you've got a good thing, you better make it last
Don't burn the candle at both ends

Now, your body's like a car, don't let it get weak
Better check that motor so that radiator won't leak

When it gets worn out, you won't be able to trade it
So, every thousand miles, lubricate it

'Cause if you're not careful, I see trouble ahead
You wake up one day and find yourself dead

Don't burn the candle at both ends
No, no, don't burn the candle at both ends

You can't have your cake and still eat it
You can't have a candle and overheat it
So don't burn the candle at both ends
Now, wear your rubbers in the rain
And stay away from drafts on the train

Eat apple every day
Be sure your blood pressure's okay

See your dentist twice the year
And stay away from root beer

Then again, you might have bad luck
Walk out in the street and get hit by a truck

So go on home and read the funny papers
And cut out all those funny cables

And remember folks
You can't burn the candle at both ends