Take It On The Chin (Original Cast Recording/1986)

Once my father said

And my mother said

And my sister said

And my brother said

Now you're growing up

Soon you're gonna fall out

Of the family roundabout

Then my father said

And my mother said

And my sister said

And my brother said

There's one little thing

You should certainly know

When into the world you go

Take your troubles on the chin

And though you get an earful

Don't despair or tear your hair

For heaven's sake be cheerful

That's what father said

That's what mother said

That's what sister said

That's what brother said

They were certainly right in telling me so

And I think that you should know!

Here's a little trick

Whenever things get a little bit thick

Just you take it on the chin

Turn on a little grin and smile smile

Here's a little ruse

To counteract an attack of the blues

Just you take it on the chin

Turn on a little grin and smile

What's the use of worr'ing

'Bout a single blessed thing

After all it's done and said

Pretty soon we all be dead

So as we're alive

If there's a bother you want to survive

Just you take it on the chin

Cultivate a little grin and smile

Here's a little trick

Whenever things get a little bit thick

Just you take it on the chin

Turn on a little grin and smile

What's the use of worr'ing

'Bout a single blessed thing

After all it's done and said

Pretty soon we all be dead

So as we're alive

If there's a bother you want to survive

Just you take it on the chin

Cultivate a little grin

Just you take it on the chin

Cultivate a little grin and

Smile smile smile