HEADIN' FOR BETTER TIMES
(Charles Tobias / Murray Mencher)


Ted Lewis & His Band (vocal: Ted Lewis & The Bachelors) - 1931





All aboard for the Sunshine Special
This train is headed for better times
All aboard.....

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

(Instrumental Break)

Hey, put a coat of joy right on
Yes sir, in a minute, in a minute we're goin', boy
We're goin' on a choo-choo headed for better times

Oh, you know Mister Gloom, he won't be allowed
No, in an optimistic crowd
On a choo-choo, choo-choo is headed for better times

Now listen, folks, don't pack a trunk of junk filled with yesterdays
No, no, because tomorrow, tomorrow, yes sir, we're gonna see sunshine

And you know, as we go from state to state
We'll be shouting, "Things are great!"
On that choo-choo, choo-choo headed for better times

Tell 'em boys.....

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

Don't take a trunk of junk filled with yesterdays
Tomorrow we're gonna see sunshine






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2014)