The Optimism Blues

Time has changed so many things

By running out of this and too much of that

And time has claimed so many things

By getting rid of some and fixing others

And I'm prepared to accept

Whatever fate will turn up

Because I believe that there's

A very good reason for everything happening

I've got those optimism blues

And it's about to knock me off my shoes

Haven't seen such a grin since

Lord knows when, when

I've got those optimism blues

I've got those optimism blues

And it's about to knock me off my shoes

Haven't worn such a grin since

Lord knows when, when

I've got those optimism blues

Time has changed so many things

The West's dipping in as the East fusses

And time has changed so many things

We took all the signs off the southern buses

And flowers still grow like before

A few souls lost but you can't keep a good man down

Down by the river

People getting saved by the dozen

I've got those optimism blues

And it's about to knock me off my shoes

Haven't seen such a grin since

Lord knows when, when

I've got those optimism blues

I've got those optimism blues

And it's about to knock me off my shoes