Be Like The Bluebird

Well, maybe we are looking too much on the dark side
Let's try and find a silver lining. Remember, it's always
The darkest just before they turn the lights on. (sung)

There's an old Australian bush song
That Melba used to sing
A song that's always cheered me when I was blue
Even Melba said this bush song
Was a hell of a song to sing
So be quiet whilst I render it for you

When your instincts tell you that disaster
Is approaching you faster and faster
Then be like the bluebird
And sing tweet, tweet, tra-la, la-la, la-la
When you know you're headed for the jailer
Don't allow the old face to grow paler
But be like the bluebird
And sing tweet, tweet, tra-la, la-la, la-la

Be like the bluebird who never is blue
For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do
And though by other birdies in the boughs he
Is informed that his efforts are perfectly lousy
He sings on and on
Till his troubles are through

Tweet, tweet, tra-la, la-la, la-la