To Life
Jerry Bock
[TEVYE, spoken]
To our prosperity, our good health and happiness
And most important ...
(sung)
To life! To life! L'chai-im!

[TEVYE & LAZAR]
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

[TEVYE]
Here's to the father I tried to be

[LAZAR]
Here's to my bride-to-be

[TEVYE & LAZAR]
Drink l'chai-im, to life

To life, l'chai-im
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life
[TEVYE]
Life has a way of confusing us

[LAZAR]
Blessing and bruising us

[TEVYE & LAZAR]
Drink l'chai-im, to life

[TEVYE]
God would like us to be joyful
Even when our hearts lie
Panting on the floor

[LAZAR]
How much more can we be joyful, when there's really
Something to be joyful for?

[TEVYE & LAZAR]
To life, to life, l'chai-im

[TEVYE]
To Tzeitel, my daughter-

[LAZAR]
My wife
It gives you something to think about

[TEVYE]
Something to drink about

[TEVYE & LAZAR]
Drink l'chai-im, to life

[LAZAR, spoken]
Reb Morta

[MORTA, spoken]
Yes, Lazar Wolf?

[LAZAR, spoken]
Drinks for everybody

[MORTA, spoken]
What's the occasion?

[LAZAR, spoken]
I'm taking myself a bride

[MORTA, spoken]
Who is it?
[LAZAR, spoken]
Tevye's eldest, Tzeitel!

[MEN]
(sung)
To Lazar Wolf--

[TEVYE]
To Tevye!

[MEN]
To Tzeitel, your daughter-

[LAZAR]
My wife!

[MEN]
May all your futures be pleasant ones
Not like our present ones
Drink l'chai-im, to life

To life, l'chai-im
L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life

It takes a wedding to make us say
"Let's live another day,"
Drink l'chai-im, to life

We'll raise a glass and sip a drop of schnapps
In honor of the great good luck that favors you
We know that when good fortune favors two such men
It stands to reason we deserve it too

To us and our good fortune
Be happy, be healthy, long life
And if our good fortune never comes
Here's to whatever comes
Drink l'chai-im, to life

[RUSSIAN]
Za va shas da rovia
Heaven bless you both
Nasdrovia
To your health and may we live
Together in peace

Za va shas da rovia
Heaven bless you both
Nasdrovia
To your health and may we live
Together in peace

[RUSSIANS]
May you both be favored with the future of your choice
May you live to see a thousand reasons to rejoice

Joy
Hey

[ALL]
We'll raise a glass and sip a drop of schnapps
In honor of the great good luck that favors you
We know that when good fortune favors two such men
It stands to reason we deserve it too
To us and our good fortune
Be happy, be healthy, long life
And if our good fortune never comes
Here's to whatever comes
Drink l'chai-im, to life

[TEVYE, spoken]
To life
Write the lyrics for a pop song made in 1971, titled "To Life", by artist "Jerry Bock".