You gotta start off each day with a songNow even when things go wrongYou'll feel better, you'll even look betterI'm here to tell you that you'll be a go-getterNow the way that you shake my handWill tell me how I standNow isn't it better to go through lifeWith a smile and a songThan walking around with a face 11 miles longNow you know that you can't go wrongIf you start off each day with a songYou gotta start off each day with a song(Oh, sing it to me boy)Even when things go wrong(Sing it for the hoi-poloi)You'll feel better, you'll even look betterAh, that music it does somethin' to meI wish I knew what it wasLast night I was telling UmbriagoAbout my latest concertoCalled Tony's push cartHe said Tony's push cart, how does it goI said it doesn't go you have to push itHa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haI got a million of 'em, a million of 'emNow you know that you can't go wrong(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes)If you start off each day with a songYou gotta start off each, boys please, soft, softA little more fortissimo, I wanna relate a yarnTurn back the pages of history and what do you seeMadison Square Garden, a RodeoAnd there I was, interviewing a prize winning cowI asked her to tell the radio public how she feelsShe said moo, she's contentedI'm contented but her husband ain'tSo what happens? The bull ups to me, I ups to himAnd without any preliminaries, I'm flat on my backBeing a gentlemen I apologize nut the bull's not satisfiedHe demands an autopsySo I grabs him by the tail and what happensHe flips his tail, I lands on his headHe flips his head, I lands on his tailHe's playing ping, pong with me and I'm losingJust then the bull is ready to charge againI gets an ideaI starts singing, 'South Of The Border Down Mexico Way'And what happens, the bull starts cryingBut even regardless I keeps on singin'This time with the castanetsThat's too much for the bull and he collapsesA cheer goes up, I'm saved and the moral isYou've gotta start off each day with a songYou gotta start off each day with a song(oh boy your singing now)Even when things go wrong(Oh, Jimmy your a wow)You'd feel betterYou know I'm walking down BroadwayAnd who taps me on the shoulderMy pal, Hit 'Em In The Head SchwartzI said who you working for nowHe said the same bunchThe wife and the kidsHa, ha, ha, ha, haNow isn't it better to go through life with a smile and a songThen walking around with a face 11 miles longNow you know that you can't go wrong(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes)If you start off each day with a song
