Glittering Raindrops - Something Good Lives On comical poem 612 by Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury with umbrella in Singapore. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Even when the rain never stops

You can see glitter in raindrops

There's something on sale in the shops

Reformed burglars and hero cops

In summer butterflies flutter by

Not worrying when they will die

Birds don't complain they're scared to fly

They don't waste time like you and I

I'm not looking for sympathy

I know others are worse than me

There's plenty who are stuck in bed

And millions more who've been long dead

I sew badly though I'm all thumbs.

Dumiddy dum Dumiddy dum 

Dumiddy dum Dumiddy dum 

The good news is that prunes are plums

Something good lives on

When the roses have fallen

Something good will come

Though right now the baby's bawling

Remember, remember

Roses last until September

Even if the snow's knee high

One day in grey sky December

Though you're not yet a millionaire

Your broken comb grows more hair, 

And you got the wobbly chair

Whose fault you've no clean clothes to wear?

Your umbrella broke in the pouring rain

Your torn jeans have torn again

But feeding triplets is a pain

And that's why you should not complain

You were serenaded with the wrong song

The freshly cooked food takes far too long

Some-one else fell for a con

Yet something good lives on

Though you write hit songs

But no one pays nor knows nor cares

Your hopes are sinking, more each hour

Like your bad investment shares

Something good lives on

And I wrote you this awful song

I promise it won't last too long

Yes, some small hope lives on

There's something simple all can do

Those mad as me and daft as you

Despite all lies one thing is true

One day each year the skies are blue

Something good lives on

Even in the silliest song

Something good lives on

Even when most answers are definitely wrong

Even if your joke falls flat

Or you trip on a not flat mat

Or a dirty puddle grabs your hat

And nine odd socks are in a muddle -

Something good lives on

Even when it all looks bad

There's no point in being sad

There must be one thing makes you glad

Something good lives on.

Today I'd rather not be me

I fumble like I bungle bee

I'm useless as a fallen tree

And yet, I'd rather still be me

There's one good thing to always say

Nasty thoughts please go away

I'd rather have a happy day when

Something good lives on.

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