When you
feel as low as the bottom of a well
and can't get out of the mood,
do something to perk yourself up
and change your attitude.
Give a tug to your tie,
put a crease in your pants,
but if you really want to feel fine,
give your shoes a shine.
When there's a shine on your shoes,
there's a melody in your heart
with a singable happy feeling.
Wonderful way to start
to face the world every day
With a deedle -dum -dee -die -die
Little melody that is making
Worry and whirl go by
When you walk down the street
With a happy -go -lucky
beat
You'll find a lot in what I'm repeating
When there's a shine
on your shoes
There's a melody in your heart
What a wonderful way to start the day
Now there's a shine
that you get in the barber
shop
There's a shine that you get in
the Pullman car
There's a shine that you get
in the pool room
There's a shine that you get in the
school room
Well, it doesn't matter
where you get it
It'll do a lot of good if you let it
A little bit of polish will abolish
what's bothering you
When you walk
down the street
with a happy
-go -lucky beat,
you'll find a lot in what
I'm repeating.
Shine on your shoes
and a dream in your heart,
what a wonderful way to
start the day.
When there's a shine
on your shoes,
girl in your heart,
smile in your face,
spring in your walk,
What can you lose?
Shine on! Godspeed!