The Up

(album: Swing To The Right - 1982)

I can't stand to watch the six o'clock news
It's enough to give an average
Sensitive person the blues

Can't get it up
I don't know about commercial appeal
But what you put in your head
Just can't help affect how you feel

So let's keep it up
Prophets of doom try to capture you
They get around like the Asian flu
But they can't get me

Because I go for the up
I'm on the upside
(I look for the up)
That down just ain't my style

I go for the up
I'm hooked on the up
I'm on the upswing
(I look for the up)
I got my sights set high
I go for the up

What's the point of standing out in the rain?
What's the sense of looking down?
It just gives your shoulders a pain

Can't get it up
It's a self-fulfilling prophecy
If you look for the worst then that's just
What it turns out to be

So keep looking up
The fickle finger just may point your way
It touches someone different every day
But it can't touch me

Because I go for the up
I'm on the up side
(I look for the up)
That down just ain't my style

I go for the up
I'm hooked on the up
I'm on the upswing
(I look for the up)
I got my sights set high
I go for the up

And everybody's yelling at me to get back in the line
And they say I'm crazy
But still they have their sessions of deep depressions
But it can't get me

Because I go for the up
I'm on the upside
(I look for the up)
That down just ain't my style
I go for the up
I'm hooked on the up
I'm on the upswing
(I look for the up)
I got my sights set high
I go for the up

(I go for the up, I'm hooked on the up, I look for the up)
I'm on the upside
That down just ain't my style
(I look for the up)
I go for the up
I look for the up

(I go for the up, I'm hooked on the up, I try for the up)
I'm on the upswing
I got my sights set high

(I'm hooked on the up)
I go for the up

(I go for the up, I'm hooked on the up, I look for the up)
I'm on the upside
That down just ain't my style
(I look for the up)
I go for the up

(I go for the up, I'm hooked on the up, I try for the up)
I'm on the upswing
I got my sights set high

(I'm hooked on the up)
I go for the up