Look On The Good Side Song Lyrics and Chords by Jimmy Dean
Look On The Good Side
Recorded by Jimmy Dean
Written by Jimmy Dean and Richard Shannon
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You gotta look look look on the good side
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If you
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spend your days a gazin' in the right direction
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promise that you're gonna be
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glad
Cause all the
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happy folks are the folks who sing
Cause they
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see a lot of good in
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everything
You gotta
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look look
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look look look on the
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good
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You gotta look look look look look on the good side
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If you
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cast your eyes to the Lord in the sky
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guarantee you're gonna be
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glad
Cause there's a
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heap of good in the worst of men
So
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try and bring it out and let
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that sunshine
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in
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look look look on the
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look look look on the
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good
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But don't you
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feel so bad if your cash is low
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happy that you ain't that
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poor ole guy you owe
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look look
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look look
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look on the
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look look look on the
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And when you're
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tryin' to sleep and baby's hollerin begins
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happy just remember it
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could have been twins
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look on the
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bad
FAQ
Who sang the the song Look On The Good Side?
- The song Look On The Good Side was sang by Jimmy Dean.
Who is Jimmy Dean?
- Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 - June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials. He is a distant cousin of actor James Dean
He became a national television personality starting on CBS in 1957. He rose to fame for his 1961 country music crossover hit into rock and roll with "Big Bad John" and his 1963 television series The Jimmy Dean Show, which gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national media exposure.
His acting career included appearing in the early seasons in the Daniel Boone TV series as the sidekick of the famous frontiersman played by star Fess Parker. Later he was on the big screen in a supporting role as billionaire Willard Whyte in the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
He lived near Richmond, Virginia, and was nominated for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010, though died before his induction that year at the age of 81.
