SWEEPING THE CLOUDS AWAY
Written by Sam Coslow
As recorded by Maurice Chevalier, 1930. [from the film "Paramount on Parade"]

VERSE: Don't go round moping, hoping happiness will come.
That's not the way.
It doesn't pay.
If you want happiness, just help yourself to some.
Why don't you try to
Take life the way I do?

CHORUS: Let the whole world sigh or cry.
I'll be high in the sky,
Up on top of a rainbow,
Sweeping the clouds away.
I don't care what's down below.
Let it rain; let it snow.
I'll be up on a rainbow,
Sweeping the clouds away.
I have learned life's lesson: fighters who always win
Are those who can take it right on the chin—and grin.
And so I shout to ev'ryone:
Find your place in the sun,
Up on top of a rainbow,
Sweeping the clouds away.