SONGS TO CHEER YOU UP

This is a list of songs that have cheered me up through the course of my career. I hope they cheer you up as well. Feel free to click on the links to listen to them on YouTube.

“Happy” by Pharrell Williams Click Here to Watch Video

It might seem crazy what I am ’bout to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care, baby by the way

Huh (Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do

Here come bad news talking this and that (Yeah)
Well give me all you got, don’t hold back (Yeah)
Well I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine (Yeah)
No offence to you don’t waste your time
Here’s why

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do

Uh, bring me down
Can’t nothing, bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothing, bring me down, I said
Bring me down, can’t nothing
Bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Can’t nothing, bring me down, I said

Uh, bring me down (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Can’t nothing (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down, my level’s too high
To bring me down (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Can’t nothing (Happy, happy, happy, happy)
Bring me down, I said

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you (ayy, ayy, ayy)
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you (hey)
(Because I’m happy)
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do

Come on

“Great Day” by Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, & Vincent Youmans Click Here to Watch Video

When you’re down and outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k08Kk5xV8E
Lift up your head and shout
There’s gonna be a great day
Angels in the sky
Promise that by and by
There’s gonna be a great day
Gabriel will warn you
Some early morn
You will hear his horn
It’s not far away
Lift up your head and say
There’s gonna be a great day
Great day

When you’re down and out
Lift up your head and shout
There’s gonna be a great day
Angels in the sky
Promise that by and by
We’re gonna see a great day
Gabriel will warn you
Somebody born
You will hear his horn, his horn
It’s not far away
Lift up your head and say
There’s gonna be a great day
When the skies went darker, oh Lord!
Came Noah’s Ark, oh Lord!
Amen and Amen!
Amen and Amen!

He came in January, February, March, April, May, June
July, and August, September October, November,
De De December
It was a great day
It was a great day
One of those great days
And on Judgment Day
If you believe he will receive you and me
Gabriel will warn you
Some early morn
You will his horn, his horn
It’s not far away
Lift up your head and say
There’s gonna be a great
We’re gonna see a great
There’s gonna be,
Be a great day.

“Swinging on a Star” by Jimmy Van Heusen Click Here to Watch Video

Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule

A mule is an animal with long funny ears
Kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He’s just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a pig

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He has no manners when he eats his food
He’s fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don’t care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a fish

A fish won’t do anything, but swim in a brook
He can’t write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And though he’s slippery, he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You may grow up to be a fish

A new kind of jumped up slippery fish

And all the monkeys aren’t in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it’s all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin’ on a star

“Keep Your Sunny Side Up” by Maisie Lyster-Powell Click Here to Watch Video

There’s one thing to think of when you’re blue,
There are others around much worse off than you!
If a load of troubles should arrive,
Laugh and say, “It’s great to be alive!”;

And keep your sunny side up, up,
Hide the side that gets blue.
If you have nine sons in a row,
Baseball teams make money, you know!

Keep your funny side up, up,
Let your laughter come through, do!
Stand up on your legs,
Be like two fried eggs,
Keep your sunny side up!

Life can be a pleasure or a pain,
Good or bad, successful or in vain;
Happiness is just a point of view,
If you have it here’s the thing to do;

Keep your sunny side up, up,
Drown a frown with a smile.
If you think it’s raining for you,
Just remember, others are blue.

Always look for the bright side,
Start the day on the right side;
You’ll find life worthwhile,
Learn to wear a smile,
Keep your sunny side up!

“Everything’s Coming up Roses” by Stephen Sondheim Click Here to Watch Video

Here we are in court today
Rose just took the stand
She’s divorcin’ me for reasons
I still don’t understand

That dress is showin’ more of her
Than I’ve seen in years
And the story that she’s tellin’s
Even got the judge in tears

She’s accusin’ me of hangin’ out
With girls of ill repute
Adultery, abandonment
Even alcohol abuse

I just heard my mother shout
Your honor throw the book
And even my attorney
Just gave me a dirty look

Everything’s coming up roses
The house, the car
The kids and all the cash
Everything’s coming up roses
And I’ll be lucky
If I keep the shirt that’s on my back

My head is buried in my hands
The courtroom is adjourned
She got all I ever made
And all I’ll ever earn

If I had a handkerchief
I’d break right down and cry
Why, even Johnny Carson
Got a better deal than mine

Everything’s coming up roses
The house, the car
The kids and all the cash
Everything’s coming up roses
And I’ll be lucky
If I keep the shirt that’s on my back

Everything’s coming up roses
And I’ll be lucky
If I keep the shirt that’s on my back

“You’ve Got to Ac-cent-uchu-ate the Positive” by Johnny Mercer Click Here to Watch Video\

You’ve got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between

You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate his last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark

Man, they said we better, accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between
Do you hear me?

Oh, listen to me children and-a you will hear
About the eliminatin’ of the negative
And the accent on the positive
And gather ’round me children if you’re willin’
And sit tight while I start reviewin’
The attitude of doin’ right

You’ve gotta accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between

You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom, down to the minimum
Otherwise pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they say
Say when everything looked so dark

Man, they said we better accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between
No, don’t mess with Mister In-Between

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“On the Sunny Side of the Street” by Jimmy McHugh Click Here to Watch Video

Walked with no one and talked with no one
And I had nothing but shadows
Then one morning you passed
And I brightened at last
Now I greet the day and complete the day
With the sun in my heart
All my worry blew away
When you taught me how to say

Grab your coat and get your hat
Leave your worry on the doorstep
Just direct your feet
To the sunny side of the street
Can’t you hear a pitter-pat?
And that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet
On the sunny side of the street

I used to walk in the shade
With those blues on parade
But I’m not afraid
This Rover crossed over

If I never have a cent
I’d be rich as Rockefeller
Gold dust at my feet
On the sunny side of the street
Grab your street

SONGS TO CHEER YOU UP

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