The Optimism Blues Songtext
von Allen Toussaint

Time has changed so many things
By running out of this and too much of that
And time has claimed so many things
By getting rid of some and fixing others
And I′m prepared to accept
Whatever fate will turn up
Because I believe that there's
A very good reason for everything happening


I′ve got those optimism blues
And it's about to knock me off my shoes
Haven't seen such a grin since
Lord knows when, when
I′ve got those optimism blues
I′ve got those optimism blues
And it's about to knock me off my shoes
Haven′t worn such a grin since
Lord knows when, when
I've got those optimism blues

Time has changed so many things
The West′s dipping in as the East fusses
And time has changed so many things
We took all the signs off the southern buses
And flowers still grow like before
A few souls lost but you can't keep a good man down
Down by the river
People getting saved by the dozen

I′ve got those optimism blues
And it's about to knock me off my shoes
Haven't seen such a grin since
Lord knows when, when
I′ve got those optimism blues
I′ve got those optimism blues
And it's about to knock me off my shoes