HEADIN' FOR BETTER TIMES
Written by Charles Tobias & Murray Mencher, &1930.
As recorded by Ted Lewis and His Band

[§1] Put a coat of joy right on.
In a minute we'll be gone
On a choo-choo-choo-choo headin' for better times.
Mister Gloom won't be allowed
In an optimistic crowd
On a choo-choo-choo-choo headin' for better times.
Don't take a trunk of junk filled with yesterdays.
Tomorrow we're gonna see sunshine.
As we go from state to state,
We'll be shouting: "Things are great!"
On a choo-choo-choo-choo headin' for better times.

[§2] First stop on the way:
Town called Happy Days.
Next stop, yessiree:
What you call Prosperity.
What's this town we're in?
That's called Work Begins.
Last stop, can't you guess?
Nothin' else but Happiness.

REPEAT §1.