Original Cast Always Look On the Bright Side of Life Lyrics

ARTHUR(spoken):
This is a total b_____ disaster. All my knights fled and were lost in a dark and very expensive forest...

PATSY (spoken):
Well, it could be worse.

ARTHUR(spoken):
Oh, how could it be possibly be worse?

PATSY (spoken):
Oh, cheer up sire, you know what they say.

ARTHUR(spoken):
What do they say, Patsy?

PATSY:
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...
always look on the bright side of life (whistle)
Always look on the right side of life.

(spoken) You give it a try

[Arthur tries to whistle but can't]

PATSY:
If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...

PATSY and KNIGHTS:

Always look on the bright side of life (whistle)
Always look on the right side of life. (whistle)

PATSY:
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

ARTHUR:
So always look on the bright side of death (whistle)
Just before you draw your terminal breath (whistle)

Life's a piece of s___
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.

PATSY:
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go

ARTHUR:
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

PATSY, KNIGHTS and the KNIGHTS of NI:
Always look on the bright side of life (whistle)
Always look on the right side of life. (whistle)

(Tap dancing and musical interlude)

Always look on the bright side of life

(Tap dancing)

Always look on the bright side of life.

(Tap dancing)

PATSY and KNIGHTS:
Always look on the bright side of life (whistle)
Always look on the right side of liiiiiife.

PATSY and ARTHUR:
Life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.

[An old crone has just entered with a shrubbery on a cart.]

ARTHUR (spoken):
Excuse me, it that a shrubbery?

CRONE (spoken):
Oh yes, I'm throwing it out. The cat won't leave it alone.

ARTHUR (spoken):
Well what a stroke of luck, I'll take it off your hands.

ARTHUR and PATSY:
Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the briiiiiiight...
Side of life
Side of life
Side of liiiiiiife.

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