Classic Poem

VERSE

If I should suddenly start to sing
Or stand on my head—or anything,
Don't think that I've lost my senses;
It's just that my happiness finally commences.
The long, long ages of dull despair
Are turning into thin air,
And it seems that suddenly I've
Become the happiest man alive.

REFRAIN

Things are looking up!
I've been looking the landscape over
And it's covered with four-leaf clover.
Oh, things are looking up
Since love looked up at me.
Bitter was my cup—
But no more will I be the mourner,
For I've certainly turned the corner.
Oh, things are looking up
Since love looked up at me.
See the sunbeams—
Ev'ry one beams
Just because of you.
Love's in session,
And my depression
Is unmistakably through.
Things are looking up!
It's a great little world we live in!
Oh, I'm happy as a pup
Since love looked up
At me.