
Date of issue: 24.09.2007
Record label: Joni Mitchell
Song language: English
If |
If you can keep your head |
While all about you |
People are losing theirs and blaming you |
If you can trust yourself |
When everybody doubts you |
And make allowance for their doubting too |
If you can wait |
And not get tired of waiting |
And when lied about |
Stand tall |
Don’t deal in lies |
And when hated |
Don’t give in to hating back |
Don’t need to look so good |
Don’t need to talk too wise |
If— |
If you can dream |
And not make dreams your master |
If you can think |
And not make intellect your game |
If you can meet |
With triumph and disaster |
And treat those two imposters just the same |
If— |
If you can force your heart |
And nerve and sinew |
To serve you |
After all of them are gone |
And so hold on |
When there is nothing in you |
Nothing but the will |
That’s telling you to hold on! |
Hold on! |
If— |
If you can bear to hear |
The truth you’ve spoken |
Twisted and misconstrued |
By some smug fool |
Or watch your life’s work |
Torn apart and broken down |
And still stoop to build again |
With worn out tools |
If— |
If you can draw a crowd |
And keep your virtue |
Or walk with Kings |
And keep the common touch |
If neither enemies nor loving friends |
Can hurt you |
If everybody counts with you |
But none too much |
If— |
If you can fill the journey |
Of a minute |
With sixty seconds worth of wonder and delight |
Then |
The Earth is yours |
And Everything that’s in it |
But more than that |
I know |
You’ll be alright |
You’ll be alright |
Cause you’ve got the fight, you’ve got the insight |
You’ve got the fight, you’ve got the insight |
You’ve got the fight, you’ve got the insight |
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