A lifetime

Eliza Dolittle said it in 1964 when I was just a teenager and it spoke to me so clearly that I never forgot it.  Fifty years later I have it!

All I want is a room somewhere
Far away from the cold night air
With one enormous chair
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

Lots of chocolate for me to eat
Lots of coal makin' lots of heat
Warm face, warm hands, warm feet
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

Someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly

It can take a lifetime to get it right.