Better days are coming by and by. Don't you get down hearted, don't you cry. Troubles will be over, all our joys come over. Better days are coming by and by.
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky. Waiting for me when I die. But between the day you're born and when you die. They never seem to hear even your cry.
You can get it if you really want. You can get it if you really want. You can get it if you really want. But you must try, try and try. Try and try, you'll succeed at last.
Well, we bursted out of class. Had to get away from those fools. We learned more from a three-minute record, baby. Than we ever learned in school. Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound.
Many many rivers to cross. But I can't seem to find my way over. Wandering I am lost. As I travel along the white cliffs of Dover. . Many rivers to cross.