Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) - Guy Lombardo

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) - Guy Lombardo
3:20
single, 1949
Written by Carl Sigman and Herb Magidson

On this blog, I called "No Tomorrow" by Loudon Wainwright III the ultimate carpe diem song.  But more likely, this song deserves the title.  "Next year for sure, you'll see the world, you'll really get around / But how far can you travel when you're six feet underground?"  This song, more than others of its kind, encourages the listener toward love more than wild living.  Heartbreak?  Don't reach for a gun to end yor misery, reach for another blonde.  Wealth?  Nice idea, but "when you kiss a dollar bill it doesn't kiss you back."  Many acts have covered this, from Louis Prima to Todd Snider, the Specials, and Prince Buster, but Lombardo's has a charm of its own.  His mellow baritone, with the backing chorus of His Royal Canadians, delivers the message with a warm shrug and a wink.