It's All In A Lifetime

Written for: The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Lyric: Mack Gordon
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1941
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Leo Feist, Inc.

Verse:

If you're down in the dumps and pessimistically inclined,
Keep this little philosophical song running through your mind,

Chorus:

It's all in a lifetime
If skies are cloudy or blue,
Though Lady Luck may be busy,
She is bound to get around to you.
It's all in a lifetime,
To have your sorrow or fun,
For life is just like a grab-bag,
With something nice for ev'ryone.
We've got to have
Our little smiles and frowns,
Our little ups and downs,
You can be sure;
We all possess
A little more or less,
And yet it rains on the rich and the poor.
It's all in a lifetime,
So laugh your troubles away,
And learn to sing a happy little jingle,
And ev'rything'll be okay.