MEMORY LANE

I drove the road of hard knocks
Rolling over them rocks
Chasing a dream that never returned
Gambled and bet the whole pot
Thought I had a good shot
But in the end I crashed and burned

I WAS LIGHT ON MY FEET
BUT IT WAS ALL IN VAIN
FOUND NO LUCK ON EASY STREET
NOW I'M STUCK IN MEMORY LANE

I've been drug through the trenches
Mistreated by wenches
Had my heart chewed on and spat out
Been cheated and lied to
Been yelled at and cried to
Ran the gambit of certainty and doubt

I WAS LIGHT ON MY FEET
BUT IT WAS ALL IN VAIN
FOUND NO LUCK ON EASY STREET
NOW I'M STUCK IN MEMORY LANE

There were dreams to behold
But that story's getting old
I know only too well 'bout those scenes

Been here may times before
I know that I know the score
I got all the ways but ain't got the means

I WAS LIGHT ON MY FEET
BUT IT WAS ALL IN VAIN
FOUND NO LUCK ON EASY STREET
NOW I'M STUCK IN MEMORY LANE

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

FOREVER

I've paid and I've paid my dues
But never got what's coming to meeeee
I've had the grays and had the blues
For as far as the eye can seeeeeeee

I've been through hell and high water
But I'm not the one to complainnnnnn
I've done everything like I ought to
And the waiting is driving me insaneeee

BECAUSE IT'S TAKING FOREVER
WAIT YOUR TURN YOU ALWAYS SAY
AND IT'S TAKING FOREVER
TAKING FOREVER AND A DAY

There are those who never even try
Doors open and drop all on their lapppp
But I knock and knock with no reply
I'm getting sick of this same ol' crappp

I've searched high and I've searched low
Covered all the bases far and wideeee
Travelled so long with these dreams in tow
That I can't take one more strideeee

BECAUSE IT'S TAKING FOREVER
WAIT YOUR TURN YOU ALWAYS SAY
AND IT'S TAKING FOREVER
TAKING FOREVER AND A DAY



© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

HEAVEN AND HELL

The Spirit is strong 
But the body is weak
What the Spirit wills
The body will speak

Body's got the rhythm
Spirit brings the rhymes
The body will crumble
Spirit last for all times

COME HEAVEN 
COME HELL
I'M BREAKING 
OUTTA MY SHELL

Get in tune with tunes
Rocking the groove true
Music's the voice of God
Coming out of me and you

Got to free your mind
For the body to know
Music comes from above
It grooves down below

COME HEAVEN 
COME HELL
I'M BREAKING 
OUTTA MY SHELL

They gave me legs
But I wanted wings
I do what I can
With these human things

COME HEAVEN 
COME HELL
I'M BREAKING 
OUTTA MY SHELL



© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

SHINE THE LIGHT

Got flowers in the spring

Got stars in the sky

Got songbirds that sing

Fireflies that fly

You've got a Paradise

Piece of heaven here on earth

I wish you'd recognize

And enjoy for all it's worth

WHERE YOU THREAD

I SHINE THE LIGHT

ON YELLOW AND RED

ON BLACK AND WHITE

  LOOK UP HERE

  I AM THE SUN

  I SHINE CLEAR

  FOR EVERYONE

LOOK UP HERE

I AM THE SUN

I SHINE CLEAR

FOR EVERYONE

  ON YELLOW AND RED

  ON BLACK AND WHITE           

  WHERE YOU THREAD

  I SHINE THE LIGHT

     I SHINE THE LIGHT

You got snow on hills high

Waterfalls and ocean blue

Got rainbows of magic dye

All made just for you

No one survives alone

No bird flies with one feather

Can't build with just one stone

Got to learn to live together

WHERE YOU THREAD

I SHINE THE LIGHT

ON YELLOW AND RED

ON BLACK AND WHITE

  LOOK UP HERE

  I AM THE SUN

  I SHINE CLEAR

  FOR EVERYONE

LOOK UP HERE

I AM THE SUN

I SHINE CLEAR

FOR EVERYONE

  ON YELLOW AND RED

  ON BLACK AND WHITE           

  WHERE YOU THREAD

  I SHINE THE LIGHT

     I SHINE THE LIGHT

It's hard to turn and leave

When there's something to prove

Peace is easy to achieve

You just don't make a move

You've got a Paradise

Piece of heaven here on earth

I wish you'd recognize

And enjoy for all it's worth

WHERE YOU THREAD

I SHINE THE LIGHT

ON YELLOW AND RED

ON BLACK AND WHITE

  LOOK UP HERE

  I AM THE SUN

  I SHINE CLEAR

  FOR EVERYONE

LOOK UP HERE

I AM THE SUN

I SHINE CLEAR

FOR EVERYONE

  ON YELLOW AND RED

  ON BLACK AND WHITE           

  WHERE YOU THREAD

  I SHINE THE LIGHT

     I SHINE THE LIGHT

Song Demo on YouTube
© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

CHEAP WOMEN AND WINE

A lotta cheap wine

And uncaring women

I've taken what's mine

And now I'm scrammin'

Don't let me behind

Baby, cause I'm rammin'

EVEN IF THEY'RE SWINE

AND IT TASTES LIKE BRINE

I NEVER DECLINE

CHEAP WOMEN AND WINE

A dirty dog, so you say

But OK, I'll admit it

If this is your day

Then come and get it

Cause you gonna bray

Like you'll never forget it

EVEN IF THEY'RE SWINE

AND IT TASTES LIKE BRINE

I NEVER DECLINE

CHEAP WOMEN AND WINE

I'm tired of bein' jerked

And put on the spot

Or being smirked at

Called a crackpot

Baby, I've worked

For all that I've got

EVEN IF THEY'RE SWINE

AND IT TASTES LIKE BRINE

I NEVER DECLINE

CHEAP WOMEN AND WINE

Some guys never try

And some guys quit

I make the girls cry

But I don't give a sh**

Cause I'm the type of guy

Your mold don't fit

EVEN IF THEY'RE SWINE

AND IT TASTES LIKE BRINE

I NEVER DECLINE

CHEAP WOMEN AND WINE

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

CRAZY DAISY DREAM

We fell deep into a fantasy 
And none could see clear 
Everything one could see 
Painted with rainbow smear 

Colors mished and mashed 
Trying to repaint our reality 
Though we wished and washed 
Few of us could break free 

THEM WERE CRAZY DAYS 
T'WAS A CRAZY FANTASY 
THEM WERE CRAZY WAYS 
FOR A REALITY TO BE 
THE HIGHER THE DREAM CALLS 
THE HARDER A DREAMER FALLS 

There were unicorns and elves 
All things out of this universe 
To the point we saw ourselves 
Not as the cure but as the curse 

But I broke outta that dream 
Just in time to see my true hue 
Though I didn't get away clean 
I well managed to get a clue 

THEM WERE CRAZY DAYS 
T'WAS A CRAZY FANTASY 
THEM WERE CRAZY WAYS 
FOR A REALITY TO BE 
THE HIGHER THE DREAM CALLS 
THE HARDER A DREAMER FALLS 

So real, we could see the stitches 
On them Fairies' britches 
But we got out just in time 
To spare our body and mind

THEM WERE CRAZY DAYS 
T'WAS A CRAZY FANTASY 
THEM WERE CRAZY WAYS 
FOR A REALITY TO BE 
THE HIGHER THE DREAM CALLS 
THE HARDER A DREAMER FALLS 

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

BAD BUY MARY JANE

She sold me well 
on the whole affair
Her VW bus
was none the worse for wear
A rough-drawn map
had an X right over LA
She had a way to my heart,
that was clear
From the start
I should never been there
She was loaded,
a bill of laden waited on pay

We took the back roads
driving at night
We slept in the day,
laying low, out of sight
It wasn't my cup of tea,
but, hey!, she was with me
She had wild dreams
of being set for life
I pictured the scenes
With her as my wife
But the cards
didn't hold that as our destiny

SO FROM ME TO YOU
WORD TO THE WISE
AIN'T NO BAD GUYS
EVER GIVING GOOD BUYS

We pulled into town,
was just before sunrise
Sunset Boulevard
flashed lights in our eyes
She met her cronies
just as they all had agreed
But poor Mary Jane
never saw it coming
When the heat came down,
man she was bumming
Cause they turned her in,
after stealing her weed

Mary Jane's bail
was set off the chart
I was slapped on the wrist,
stabbed in the heart
A big learning moment
and a lesson to teach
In cuffs and jumper,
I can still see her crying
"Don't forget me Bobby,"
and my heart was dying
I got outta Dodge,
that dream got way outta reach

SO FROM ME TO YOU
WORD TO THE WISE
AIN'T NO BAD GUYS
EVER GIVING GOOD BUYS

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

MAMA'S BABY

Mama's little baby is growing up fast
She's trying out her wings on faith alone
Mama's given her all the lessons from the past
But sooner or later she must learn lessons on her own

All Mama can do is give you the wings to fly
But she can not be always by your side
All she can do is teach you to aim high
and carry your conscience as your guide

BABY YOUR PLANS ARE GRAND
MAYBE YOU WILL GET THERE IN THE END
SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL UNDERSTAND
TO BUILD YOUR NEST WHERE YOU LAND

You're inspired by the infinite possibilities
You want to do it all and never fail
you'll try to the best of your abilities
but sooner or later everyone learns to exhale

you don't fail if you fail to succeed
just means you succeed in a different way
sometimes to be happy, breathing is all you need
and baby we are all alive and breathing today

BABY YOUR PLANS ARE GRAND
MAYBE YOU WILL GET THERE IN THE END
SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL UNDERSTAND
TO BUILD YOUR NEST WHERE YOU LAND

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

SLIDE

hm-hm ah, hm, ah hm-hm, ahhh, hmmm-aaaahhhh 
SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE
SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE

Sometimes you pull away,
Sometimes you push hard
Sometimes you're led astray
Sometimes you don't get far
Sometimes it's right up front
Sometimes you're in the trench
Sometimes it's all you want
sometimes not even a pinch

SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE
SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE

Sometimes you can't get deep
Sometimes it's way too much
Sometimes it's your to keep
Sometimes you can't even touch
Sometimes the way is clear
and sometimes you can't tell
Sometimes you can't get near
Sometimes it's just as well

SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE
SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE

(RAP part)
Sometimes you're up
sometimes you're down
sometimes side to side
you're right side up
or upside down
just let it slide
you can come with us
get on the bus
playing seek and hide
I say it like I said
full speed ahead
go and let it slide

SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE
SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE
SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE... LET IT SLIDE



© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

LIVING IT UP

They are living it up 
It's the new age of liberation
But this is nothing
Like a hippie re-incarnation

Back then was 
the age of Love and Peace
but Generation Me
They couldn't care the least

LOVE AND LET LOVE
AND LIVE AND LET LIVE
GO BEYOND AND ABOVE
AND GIVE AND LET GIVE

This Generation Me
growing up so out of touch
got no sense of duty
for the parents don't care much

They're all living it up
not responsible for their actions
burn the candle today
tomorrows are just abstractions

LOVE AND LET LOVE
AND LIVE AND LET LIVE
GO BEYOND AND ABOVE
AND GIVE AND LET GIVE

The Generation Me
Is the Me Generation
Living it up with Glee
On a Permanent vacation

LOVE AND LET LOVE
AND LIVE AND LET LIVE
GO BEYOND AND ABOVE
AND GIVE AND LET GIVE

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

TRIPMEISTER

Like a rabbit in a headlight
frozen in his stance
paralysed, mesmerized
hanging in a trance
this reality distortion
is beginning to make sense
levitates and gravitates
keeps him in suspense

TRIP MASTER ALWAYS ON HIS WAY
TRIPPING AWAY, TRIPPING AWAY

Singing in the subways
wisdoms to impart
parades and serenades
aiming for the heart
smooth master mo-jo
romancing is his art
speculates, desecrates
and tears it all apart

TRIP MASTER ALWAYS ON HIS WAY
TRIPPING AWAY, TRIPPING AWAY


© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

DAUGHTER OF THE DEVIL

My life is full
Of contradictions
Between the living
And the dead
I'm all alone
With my addictions
It seems like
My sanity's fled

I see no point
In salvation
No golden light 
To point the way
I have made
This dire situation
On the bed
In which I lay

I PUT IT ON THE LEVEL
BUT IT'S NOT ALL IN MY HEAD
THE DAUGHTER OF THE DEVIL'S
BEEN LAYING IN MY BED

I've been laying
Here wide awake
As she's dancing
Naked in the dark
And if only
I had a stake
I could push it
Through her heart

I'm not much
On religion
Oh! But Lord
How I pray
That you come
Take this vision
And make her
Vanish away


I PUT IT ON THE LEVEL
BUT IT'S NOT ALL IN MY HEAD
THE DAUGHTER OF THE DEVIL'S
BEEN LAYING IN MY BED


© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

ROMEO'S MELODY

Verse 1:

Lost and jaded Romeo

Sings a happy memory

Songs they've all come to know

As the "Story of You and Me"

Everything that he does

Is only meant to impress

He sings about the two of us

In our times of happiness

Chorus:

I can live those days again

How I dream the fantasy

I relive our love again

In Romeo's Melody

We never came to pass

I don't fear what will not be

And you don't love me any less

In Romeo's melody

Verse 2:

Young lovers walking in the park

Whisper sweet nothings of you & me

And when they dance in the dark

They dance to Romeo's Melody

It's a perfect story for him

Singing about love as it should be

And Romeo's song has no end

To the likes of you and me

Chorus:

I can live those days again

How I dream the fantasy

I relive our love again

In Romeo's Melody

We never came to pass

I don't fear what will not be

And you don't love me any less

In Romeo's melody

Bridge:

It's the Story of You and Me

back when you and I were we

Chorus:

I can live those days again

How I dream the fantasy

I relive our love again

In Romeo's Melody

We never came to pass

I don't fear what will not be

And you don't love me any less

In Romeo's melody

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

TWISTED RUSES

Scars of failure
Stars of success
I was the only one
I tried to impress
Always came up short on that

I was born a saint
Became a sinner
A sore looser
And a bitter winner
Blew all of my chances at bat

MARY RYAN
AND LAURA BOWMAN
I WAS ONLY TRYING
TO BE A SHOWMAN
YOU WANTED LOVE
BUT MY HEART WAS HOLLOW
I DIDN'T LEAD
AND I COULDN'T FOLLOW

Red-headed muses
Of my yesteryear
In my twisted ruses
I stole your cheer
Now I pray the Lord to be forgiven

Between us three
We had a way to win
But it's too late to be
What we could've been
I blew all the chances I was given


MARY RYAN
AND LAURA BOWMAN
I WAS ONLY TRYING
TO BE A SHOWMAN
YOU WANTED LOVE
BUT MY HEART WAS HOLLOW
I DIDN'T LEAD
AND I COULDN'T FOLLOW

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

HEADING DOWN

Laura was a hippie
But it never hit me
She was too young to be a flower child
She was better with a bottom
She needed 'em she got 'em
Princess of piece, just a happy child

Willie made the scene
She played his tambourine
Making nickels, spending dimes
Every time he left her
He got the feeling after
She was way beyond the times

RUNNING IN THE FAST LANE
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND AIM
RUNNING IN THE FAST LANE
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND AIM

She was a sweet kind'a girl
To make your toes curl
Unlike any you've ever seen
She was a body of work
Could make the ground perk
(And) a face for the cover of a magazine

Laura was a hippie
Boy when she hit me
Was a lot more than just love
Much more than the motion
It was her wild devotion
That always knocked your socks off

RUNNING IN THE FAST LANE
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND AIM
RUNNING IN THE FAST LANE
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND AIM


© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

OH! SALLY-O

Sally was a screamer
Hell, I never seen her
Without a smile on her face
Head she could rock it
Hip she could lock it
Right there in it's place

OH-OH SALLY, 
YOU COULD RALLY
AS ONLY SOME GIRLS DO
OH-OH SALLY, 
WON'T YOU TELL ME
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU

Thinking I was clever
Left, I wouldn't have her
Anymore than maybe twice
Now that I need her
The plow and the seeder
End up paying the price


OH-OH SALLY, 
YOU COULD RALLY
AS ONLY SOME GIRLS DO
OH-OH SALLY, 
WON'T YOU TELL ME
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU

Way deep in her hollow
Or feeding her swallow
Was always so much fun
"Come On" she would cry
"Baby, just let it fly"
And Boy! She always got it done


OH-OH SALLY, 
YOU COULD RALLY
AS ONLY SOME GIRLS DO
OH-OH SALLY, 
WON'T YOU TELL ME
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU


© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

YESTERDAY'S HEAVEN

CLOSE TO YOUR HEAVEN
IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
EVERY TIME I LOCK MYSELF IN
YOU GO AND SET ME FREE

I'm all lost in questions now that we are through 
they say understanding is all a point of view
so I pick up the pieces trying to find a clue
yet there were no easy answers, as far as I knew
just trying to forget that our love was ever true
but I can not pretend as well as you seem to do

AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEAVEN
IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
EVERY TIME I LOCK MYSELF IN
YOU GO AND SET ME FREE

Everything seemed to fit us like a perfect pair
we walked together, people would stop and stare
learned a thing or two about how to love and care
and we held each other through good and despair
the world was far below us as we walked on air
but from all of that, there's nothing left to spare

AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEAVEN
IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
EVERY TIME I LOCK MYSELF IN
YOU GO AND SET ME FREE

No sooner am I up, you knock me down again
and I don't know why you wanna do me in
If I could I would erase away yesterday
And if I had my way with the strings of destiny
If I had a way to say what I never did say
I guarantee you'd still be right here with me

AND CLOSE TO YOUR HEAVEN
IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
EVERY TIME I LOCK MYSELF IN
YOU GO AND SET ME FREE


© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

CIRCLE PATH

No explanations are necessary
It all worked out, worked out to the contrary
But, then again, it's the same as it's always been
There's no need to make excuses
I will just go on, go on licking my bruises
I am alive and I will live to live it all again

IT'S A CIRCLE OF REJECTION
A STRAIGHT PATH TO NO ACTION
IT'S A WAY TO PEACE
THAT DON'T APPEASE ME
YOU'RE A CIRCLE OF CONFUSION
OF THAT THERE'S NO ILLUSION
A BEGGER AND A THIEF
ALWAYS TRYING TO TEASE ME

I'm seeking but I'm not finding
It's a new day, same old Sun is shining
and the seasons come, come and go like the pain
A new location, but it's all the same
Had fifteen minutes, but it's fleeting fame
So I've got nothing, nothing to lose and all to gain


IT'S A CIRCLE OF REJECTION
A STRAIGHT PATH TO NO ACTION
IT'S A WAY TO PEACE
THAT DON'T APPEASE ME
YOU'RE A CIRCLE OF CONFUSION
OF THAT THERE'S NO ILLUSION
A BEGGER AND A THIEF
ALWAYS TRYING TO TEASE ME


© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

QUEEN OF ROCK ON

She was a tall redhead
She came breathing fire
He was on top of the world
Couldn't get any higher

When they got together
It was like the second coming
There was fire in the skies
And the seas were burning

HE WAS COCKED AND READY
LOADED DUSK TO DAWN
HE WAS THE KING OF ROCK STEADY
SHE WAS THE QUEEN OF ROCK ON

It was a meeting of titans
Somewhere in their dreams
He was the Lord of the tower
She was the Mistress of streams

Whenever they joined forces
There was nothing to stop 'em
And even mother earth
Could feel her innards rockin'

HE WAS COCKED AND READY
LOADED DUSK TO DAWN
HE WAS THE KING OF ROCK STEADY
SHE WAS THE QUEEN OF ROCK ON


© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

LIFE IS A SONG

Verse:

Wake up baby, the sun is shining
And your dreams are waiting on you
Though you may see no silver lining
The Sun will always break through

You've got a heart full of love ready
For smiles waiting around the bend
The hands of time are beating steady
So dream your dreams right to the end
You can't have too many dreams to spend

Chorus:
DREAM AND BE STRONG
DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE WRONG
CAUSE LIFE IS JUST A SONG
YOU MAKE UP AS YOU GO ALONG

Verse:
Come into the night and sing with me
We'll dance under the moonlight's glow
Because everything in life is a melody
Composed by the Master a long time ago

So love our love and dream our dream
Lets live for today hoping on tomorrow
Singing together will strengthen our team
And make it easier to burry away any sorrow
Cause life you just can't sell, steal or borrow

Chorus:
DREAM AND BE STRONG
DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE WRONG
CAUSE LIFE IS JUST A SONG
YOU MAKE UP AS YOU GO ALONG

Verse:
We should learn to join our hands
Instead of only pointing our fingers
Learn to play along with the bands
And we can all be life-long singers

Life is way too short to squander
Baby don't spend it on the sideline
Dream, and love and live and wonder
You've got your life and I've got mine
But if we lean on each other we'll be fine

Chorus:
DREAM AND BE STRONG
DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE WRONG
CAUSE LIFE IS JUST A SONG
YOU MAKE UP AS YOU GO ALONG

Bridge:

It's in the murmur of the Ocean
It's in the whispering of the Wind
It's in the Universe in motion
Life is a Symphony without end

Chorus:
DREAM AND BE STRONG
DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE WRONG
CAUSE LIFE IS JUST A SONG
YOU MAKE UP AS YOU GO ALONG

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

LOCKED & LOADED

All you people gather around
Get ready to make your day
We all stomp on holy ground
With our flat feet of clay
But we're not here to make you pray

YEAH, YEAH, I'M IN PARTY MODE
READY TO EXPLODE
SO LOCK AND LOAD
& GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
SO LOCK AND LOAD
GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD

We gotta rock this place
Like it needs to be rocked
Keep a smile on your face
And your triggers cocked
Cause tonight no roads will be blocked

YEAH, YEAH, I'M IN PARTY MODE
READY TO EXPLODE
SO LOCK AND LOAD
& GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
SO LOCK AND LOAD
GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD

So pull out all the stops
Wind your groove spring tight
Cause when this place hops
It's gonna be a party delight
And we gonna get you hopping tonight

YEAH, YEAH, I'M IN PARTY MODE
READY TO EXPLODE
SO LOCK AND LOAD
& GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
SO LOCK AND LOAD
GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out

UPSIDE

Verse:

If you're feeling that life's got you stuck

Can't run into nothing except bad luck

The skies above look all dreary and grey

There's no need to be feeling down and out

You're alive and there can be no doubt

Things'll get better in their own time and way

Chorus:

SO TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN

NEED NO HALO, NEED NO CROWN

TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF IT

THE OLD TICKER IS STILL TICKING

LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE AND KICKING

PUT A SMILE ON AND BABY NEVER QUIT

Verse:

There is always a good side to look at

Although maybe today it is not all that

Work with what you got to make it better

Don't let any one tell you otherwise

Those naysayers are not your allies

They'd be happy squashing you flatter

Chorus:

SO TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN

NEED NO HALO, NEED NO CROWN

TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF IT

THE OLD TICKER IS STILL TICKING

LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE AND KICKING

PUT A SMILE ON AND BABY NEVER QUIT

Verse:

So maybe bad situations change your mood

But you're in charge of your own attitude

Because all happiness happens in the brain

It's an adjustment that we should all apply

So pool your happy thoughts and give it a try

We've got nothing to loose and everything to gain

Chorus:

SO TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN

NEED NO HALO, NEED NO CROWN

TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF IT

THE OLD TICKER IS STILL TICKING

LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE AND KICKING

PUT A SMILE ON AND BABY NEVER QUIT

Bridge:
You've got to look inside
Cause there's an upside to every side
There's an upside to every side

Chorus:

SO TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN

NEED NO HALO, NEED NO CROWN

TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF IT

THE OLD TICKER IS STILL TICKING

LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE AND KICKING

PUT A SMILE ON AND BABY NEVER QUIT

© 1970-2013 Manuel Rosa/Sing Your Heart Out