'DOUBLE LIFETIME'
by Loudon Wainwright III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6QoBraadRU

I want a double lifetime, I wanna* start over*.
One lifetime’s not enough, I need another.
Sixty-four years on a practice run.
Practice makes perfect*, I’m about half-done*.
I want a double lifetime....

I want a double lifetime, I don’t wanna snuff it*.
Three score and ten* just ain’t* enough, it
feels like I've finally got it all figured out*.
Almost free from the shame and the doubt,
I want a double lifetime....

A lot more time, that’s what I need.
I can make my move, I can do the deed.
I know I’m greedy, but what do I care
for the afterlife? I don’t wanna go there!

I want a double lifetime. Man, I deserve it.
I want it so bad*, I* even got the nerve it's
gonna* take to get down on my bended knees*,
making prayers, saying "Pretty please*,
give me a double lifetime!"

(To co-singer Ramblin' Jack): Let's play it, Jack!
"Make mine a double!"*

I want a double lifetime, I wasted my first one.
The first time around, that’s always the worst one.
You don’t know what you’re doing and you just can’t wait.
You go ahead and do it and then it’s too late.
You need a double lifetime....

I've led a double life*, in public and private.
I wanna lead it again, I’m not gonna deny it.
I’m just like you. It’s true, you know.
Ask yourself: are you ready to go*?
You want a double lifetime!

Yeah, a little more time ‘cause you know I never
wanna keep on living forever and ever.
I know it sounds funny* if the truth be told*,
but 120 don’t* seem that old.

I want a double lifetime. Not gonna get it,
but if a miracle happens, you know I’m gonna let it.
If I eat enough yogurt*, maybe I might.
And the second time around*, I’m gonna get it right!
Gimme a double lifetime!

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Explanatory notes if required:

* wanna (informal) = want to
* start over (US) = start again (UK)
* practice makes perfect = навык мастера ставит
* half-done (colloquial) = (of a task) half-finished
* to snuff it (slang) = to die
* three score (archaic) = sixty; three score and ten (archaic) = seventy
* ain't (informal/uneducated) = am not/is not/are not
* to figure (sth) out = (here) to finalise (a plan)
* bad (here) (US informal) = badly
* I (here) (informal/uneducated) = I've
* to get down on bended knee = to beg
* gonna (informal) = going to
* pretty please = please, please, please! (said in a childish way)
* "Make mine a double!"/"Mine's a double!" = said to a barman in a pub/bar when you want two portions of a drink (especially a spirit) in a single glass, eg a double whisky
* to lead a double life = вести двойную жизнь
* to go (here) = to die
* funny (here) = strange
* (if the) truth be told = по правде говоря
* don't (here) (US informal) = doesn't
* yogurt/yoghurt - произн. йОугырт (in US), йОгырт (in UK)
* the second time around = when it happens the second time

The song's from the album 'Older Than My Old Man [=father] Now', which came out in 2012. LW III was born in 1946, so if he'd written the song two years before, he would actually have been 64 and it could have nothing to do with the Beatles.

Who knows?