PS-400 Old Poets- Life's a Funny Proposition
song to the lyrics "Life's a Funny Proposition After All" by George M. Cohan
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Story behind the song
song to the lyrics "Life's a Funny Proposition After All" by George M. Cohan
Lyrics
If you think you are beaten,
then you are!
If you'd like to win,
but think you can't,
it's almost a cinch
you won't;
for out in the world
we find
success begins
with a fellow's
whim!
It's all in the state of mind!
If you think you're outclassed,
you are!
you've got to think high
to rise;
you've got to be sure of yourself
before you can ever win a prize!
Life's battles don't always go
to the stronger or faster man;
but sooner or later,
the man who wins
is the man who thinks he can!
Hour after hour
the cards were fairly dealt,
but still I got no hand!
Life is a game dealt
from unseen sources.
Oh, blind are our efforts
to control the forces
that go unseen,
are a little less strongly felt;
and through the long, long night
I play what I get
until the break of day;
I would be true,
I would be pure,
for there are those who care,
and I would be as strong,
for there is much to suffer!
I would be brave
for there is much to dare;
I would be friend of all the foe,
the friendless;
I would be giving,
and forget the gift!
yes, forget the gift.
Yes, forget the gift!
I
would be humble,
for I know my weakness!
I would
look up, and learn,
and love, and lift.
To be honest, to be kind,
and earn a little,
and to spend a little less;
To make upon the whole of family
a happier for his presence to renounce;
though today may be a day of smiles,
tomorrow's still in doubt,
yes, still in doubt.
And what brings me joy
may bring you care and woe;
we're born to die
but don't know why
or what it's all about;
and
the more we try to learn
the less we know;
Life's a very funny proposition,
a very funny proposition
you can bet;
and no one ever saw
the problem properly as yet.
Properly, as yet.
Young for a day,
then old and grey,
like the rose
that buds and blooms,
and fades and falls away!
Losing health
to gain our wealth,
as through this dream
we tour;
Everything's a guess
and nothing's
absolutely sure;
oh no;
Battles exciting,
and fates where fighting
until the curtain falls;
life's a very funny proposition
after all!
