Keep It Up

There’s an old man on the corner street Kicking his heals and playing a beat Smiling though he’s down on his luck He don’t seem to care that much Got a tambourine in one hand Beating a drum like a one-man band Ask him why he never gets down He says got no time to mess around Got to keep it up you got to choose Stay positive and sing the blues You got to keep it up no other way to be Got to keep it up get out of that bed You can sleep when you are dead You got to keep it up that’s the way for me We’ll I never did see such a happy man Got nothing doing the best he can Rain may fall but the sun will shine Tell you that he’s doing fine He dance a jig he sang a song My trains coming it wont take long Thank the Lord for my daily bread Time to leave and then he said Got to keep it up you got to choose Stay positive and sing the blues You got to keep it up no other way to be Got to keep it up get out of that bed You can sleep when you are dead You got to keep it up that’s the way for me Every time I think about that old man Makes me feel I can do better than I can I go lying in a storm showing me the way I can be a better girl today And I can be a better girl today Got to keep it up you got to choose Stay positive and sing the blues You got to keep it up no other way to be Got to keep it up get out of that bed You can sleep when you are dead You got to keep it up that’s the way for me Got to keep it up you got to choose Stay positive and sing the blues You got to keep it up no other way to be Got to keep it up get out of that bed You can sleep when you are dead You got to keep it up that’s the way for me