Bing Crosby — Cockeyed Optimist lyrics

The page contains the lyrics of the song "Cockeyed Optimist" by Bing Crosby.

Lyrics

When the skies are bright canary yellow
I forget every cloud I’ve ever seen
So they called me a cockeyed optimist
Immature and incurably green
I have heard people rant and rave and bellow
That we’re done and we might as well be dead
But I’m only a cockeyed optimist
And I can’t get it out of my head
I hear the human race is falling on its face
And hasn’t very far to go But every whippoorwill is selling me a bill
And telling me it just ain’t so I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
And appear more intelligent and smart
But I’m stuck like a dope with a thing called hope
And I can’t get it out of my heart
Not this heart

Video clip for the song Cockeyed Optimist (Bing Crosby)