I've got those optimism blues
And it's about to knock me
Haven't seen such a grin since
I've got those optimism blues
I've got those optimism blues
And it's bound to knock me
Haven't seen such a grin since,
Time has changed so many things
Running out of this and too much of that
And time has claimed so many things
By getting rid of some and fixing others
But I'm prepared to accept
Whatever fate will turn up
Because I believe that there's
for everything I happen in
I've got those optimism blues
And it's bound to knock me
Haven't seen such a grin since
I've got those optimism blues
Time has changed so many things
The West dippin' in haze,
And time has changed so many things
But flowers still grow like before
and you can't hold a good man down
By the river, people getting
I've got those optimism blues
Blues, and it's about to knock
I've got those optimism blues
I've got those optimism blues,
And it's about to knock me
Haven't seen such a grin since,
I've got those optimism moves
I've got those optimism moves
An d it's bout to knock me
Haven't seen such a grin since,
Lord knows when I'm going in ,
I've got those optimism blues