GOING UPS AND THE COMING DOWNS, THE

(Jim Weatherley)


Gladys Knight & The Pips - 1976

Tavares - 1977





As recorded by GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS:


One day you say you love me

The next day it's goodbye

The next you say you're sorry

And you wanna give it one more try


Ooh, the way you change your mind

Time and time again

Well, I don't know if I'm behind

Or just about to end, hey-hey


Such are life's smiles and frowns

The goin' ups (Goin' ups, goin' ups)

And the comin' downs (Goin' ups, comin' downs)


Ooh-hoo

Ooh-hoo


One minute you're warm and lovin'

The next your heart's grown cold

The way you keep me guessin'

Is killin' my soul


Ooh, just when my hopes run high

And I think I've got it made

Hey-ey, along comes a rainy day

To rain on my parade, hey-hey-hey


Such are life's smiles and frowns

The goin' ups (Goin' ups, goin' ups)

And the comin' downs (Goin' ups, comin' downs)


Ooh-ooh, I don't know just what it is about'cha

That keeps me from walkin' out the door

Mmm-mmm-mmm

Just when I think that I can get along without'cha

You just say something nice

And I come struttin' back for more


One day our world's a dream

Next it falls apart, mmm-hmm-hmm

And I don't even think you know

What you're doin' to my heart


Mmm, I guess I'll never learn

Some people never do

But when I feel like givin' up

I just can't give up on you, hey-hey-hey


Such are life's smiles and frowns

The goin' ups (Goin' ups, goin' ups)

And the comin' downs (Goin' ups, comin' downs)

Hey-hey-hey, such are life's smiles and frowns

The goin' ups (Goin' ups, goin' ups)

And the comin' downs (Goin' ups, comin' downs)


Ooh-hoo-hoo, such are life's smiles and frowns

The goin' ups (Goin' ups, goin' ups)

And the comin' downs (Goin' ups, comin' downs)

Hey-hey-hey, such are life's ........... FADE



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2014)