When a frown is the best you can do
When you're down, when you're down
When you're down in a bad place
You with the sad face
When you're stuck, when you're stuck
When you're falling apart
In a rut, in a rut
Yet you're stuck with excuses
Oh baby, I'm useless
Boys will be boys
Girls will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, mixed up world
Are you taking the mick?
'Cause ain't life a b**h sometimes?
You've gotta keep smiling
Through the thunder and lightning
You've gotta keep trying
Don't cry before you're hurt
You've gotta keep smiling
Through the thunder and lightning
You've gotta keep trying
Because things can, things can get much worse
Take a break, take a day to relax
Get away, get away
Get away to the sunshine
Throw me a lifeline
When life is hard,
When life is just unfair
Well have a laugh
Have a laugh at the rat race
We'll make a new place
Boys will be boys
Girls will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, mixed up world
Are you taking the mick?
'Cause ain't life a b**h sometimes?
You've gotta keep smiling
Through the thunder and lightning
You've gotta keep trying
Don't cry before you're hurt
You've gotta keep smiling
Through the thunder and lightning
You've gotta keep trying
Because things can, things can get much worse
Things can get much worse
Things can get much worse