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When y're up against it, don't get feelin' blue; / Somewher' in this world of ours ther's a place f'r you. / Y'r jes' a round peg in a squar', y' ain't th' proper fit; / Keep turnin', twistin' every way -- an' rise a little bit.
If we'd all we wanted in this whirlin' globe we're on, / W'y we'd all begin t' grouch -- then begin t' yawn; / We'd get dead sick o' summer without a tech o' frost, / An' Ex-pe-ri-ence we got t' hev' regardless of th' cost.