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[00:02.99]When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
[00:05.34]With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
[00:08.64]And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
[00:12.82]And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
[00:16.30]I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
[00:19.50]And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
[00:23.44]And run my stick along the public railings
[00:26.55]And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
[00:29.31]I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
[00:31.81]And pick flowers in other people's gardens
[00:33.25]And learn to spit.
[00:35.55]You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
[00:38.83]And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
[00:41.56]Or only bread and pickle for a week
[00:44.00]And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
[00:48.15]But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
[00:53.36]And pay our rent and not swear in the street
[00:56.13]And set a good example for the children.
[00:58.90]We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
[01:02.85]But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
[01:05.97]So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
[01:10.82]When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.