Bing Crosby

A Cockeyed Optimist
When the skies are brighter canary yellowI forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen,So they called me a cockeyed optimistImmature and incurably green.I have heard people rant and rave and bellowThat we're done and we might as well be dead,But I'm only a cockeyed optimistAnd I can't get it into my head.I hear the human raceIs fallin' on its faceAnd hasn't very far to go,But ev'ry whippoorwillIs sellin' me a bill,And tellin' me it just ain't so.I could say life is just a bowl of JelloAnd appear more intelligent and smart,But I'm stuck like a dopeWith a thing called hope,And I can't get it out of my heart!Not this heart Aus Songtexte Mania