Don't Let Them Take You Away

Take your time, do not hurry.
Life may pass you by, but worry
Will only give you ulcers
In your duodenum.
If you find your heart is beating
Faster and you’re overeating,
Take your time and take it easy —
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Not even for an hour,
Not even for a day…
Take your time, try relaxing.
End your endless over-taxing
And try to look upon the bright side
Of your hypertension.
If your veins are growing harder,
It’s the cholesterol in your larder!
Take your time and take it easy —
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Not even for an hour,
Not even for a day…
Take your time, do some thinking.
Are the lights around you blinking?
Are they murmuring your name
Or is a radio playing?
Whilst the monitor is beeping
There is no one grimly reaping.
Better say you’re only sleeping!
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Not even for an hour,
Not even for a day…
Take your time, face reality.
Do you need this hospitality?
Take your cocktails in Park Lane,
Or in the cardiac unit.
Either way, there’ll be a chill of ice
With a modicum of good advice
To take your time and take it easy.
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Not even for an hour,
Not even for a day…
Don’t let them take you away.
Don’t let them take you away.
Not even for an hour,
Not even for a day…