When you’re young — they want you older,
When you’re old — they want you young;
When she’s gone — you wish you’d told her,
When she’s back — you bite your tongue.

When you’re cross — it’s ‘Let’s not fight, dear,’
When you’re tired — it’s party time!
When you’re hard — it’s ‘Not tonight, dear,’
When you’re prose — she speaks in rhyme.

When you’re broke — it’s ‘I’ve been thinking...’
When you’re rich — it’s ‘...join the gym!’
When you’re ill — it’s ‘...all that drinking...’
When you’re dead — it’s ‘Who?  Oh, him!’