DOWN AND OUT
From : The Paramount Motion Picture Bugsy Malone, and 
The National Youth Music Theatre Show Bugsy Malone)
(Paul Williams)

Paul Williams


Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out!
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out!

Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out!
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out!

You don't have to sit around
Complaining 'bout the way your life has wound up.
Think of all the time you waste,
And time's a precious thing to let go by!

Sure you've hit the bottom,
But remember you'll be building from the ground up!
Ev'ry day's another step
That takes you even closer to the sky, so give a try!

Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out!
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down and out!

You don't have to sit around
Depressed about the way that luck deceived you!
Fortune sailed away, you missed that boat
And found that you'd been left behind!

Fight and fight some more
Until you know the world is ready to receive you.
Lady luck is fickle
But a lady is allowed to change her mind.

You don't have to sit around
Complaining 'bout the way your life has wound up.
So be a man you know you can't be certain
That you'll lose until you try!

You don't have to sit around
Complaining 'bout the way your life has wound up.
So be a man you know you can't be certain
That you'll lose until you try, so give it a try!

We as one shout, up, up, up and out!
We as one shout, up, up, up and out!
We as one shout, up, up, up and out!
We as one shout, up, up, up and out!
(Repeat and fade)



(Contributed by Aaron Handy III - April 2003)