Words Dave Boulton Music Jeff Parton
This song is one half of a pair I wrote about sort of life in general. There’s this, a pesemistic one, pointing out that looking on the bright side is fine but that in the limit every silver lining does actually have a cloud. Then there is The Alternative a more optimistic view of life altogether. Unfortunately we never got a chance to record this one before we retired. Shame, I like it.
C
Now there’s theories and there’s theorems laid to help us chart a course
F C G
As we stumble down the stony path of life
C
And there’s pitfalls and there’s pratfalls and there’s tremors in the force
F G C
And there’s tempests and there’s trouble and there’s strife
G C
And they say we’re at the mercy of the planets and the stars
F C G
Of capricious fate or flawed and fickle Gods
C G C F
But no matter what the sages say its mess and mayhem rule the day
C G C
And the only law that will apply is Sod’s
Chorus
C
Every Silver lining has a cloud
G
Every silver lining has a cloud
C G
Remember as you stagger from the cradle to the shroud
F G C
Every silver lining has a cloud
The dance of life’s the “Trick Step”, and you’ll soon get the knack
So join hands in a ring, strike up the band
You just take two steps forward and you then take three steps back
Till you find yourself right back where you began
When your loves, your lusts and longings are all sliding, sagged or sunk
And your life’s the place where chaos reigns supreme
And those who’re optimistic are deluded, daft or drunk
For there’s a nightmare neatly wrapped in every dream
Try looking on the bright side, count your blessings as you go
But you just turn your back and they’ll be gone
And they say hope springs eternal, why they say that I don’t know
When you’ve only got two chances, slim and none
There’s a crock of gold down at the end of every rainbow I’ve been told
Well there might just be a crock I must admit
But regardless of what you’ve been told I bet you it’s not full of gold
More likely that they’ll all be full of Sh..every single