Buck Up

been lyin awake and wondering

where it all went wrong

we’re runnin in this human race

but the odds are lookin long

so I sat beside my hound dog

and I looked into his eyes

I said, what’s the use of tryin?

and to my surprise

he said buck up baby, cmon sic ‘em

make ‘em laugh if you can’t lick ‘em

keep on shining like you know you should

keep on shining that’s the way to get ‘em good

so I put my shoes on

and I walked out in the street

the papers say we’re on the way

to starting world war three

so I took the hand of my paper man

said, what we gonna do?

he just started laughin

he said I got news for you

you better buck up baby, cmon sic ‘em

make ‘em laugh if you can’t lick ‘em

keep on shining like you know you should

when it gets bad, that’s the way to get ‘em good

keep on shining like you know you should

keep on shining that’ll get ‘em good

they got the money and they’re never gonna get enough

but honey we got the love

and we got friends who come out swingin

when we get hit we go home singin la la la

like we know we should

when it gets bad, that’s the way we get it good

we sing buck up baby, cmon sic ‘em

make ‘em laugh if you can’t lick ‘em

keep on shining like you know you should

keep on shining that’s the way to get ‘em good

keep on shining, that’ll get em good.