I will be happy or I won't
I will succeed or I shan't
but I'll be damned if I don't try
and if you dare to ask me why
I'll tell you time is on my side
And I have had just enough to know
that I'll have more to reach and grow
and in the end, it's all the same
for we all die early.
I will be happy or I won't
on that day I see the end
I will have a final answer
that my life will build and mend.
But for now I'm glad to know
Oh Lord, it is good to know
that time will always be on my side.
I will be happy or I won't
but I'll be damned if I don't try.