There was a somewhat popular song of the era called "Singing in the Bathtub"
(The only place that one might be familiar with it nowadays would be in old Bugs Bunny cartoons.)
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba