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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews
Vocals
Ian Fraser
Ian Fraser
Conductor
London Musicians Orchestra
London Musicians Orchestra
Orchestra
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jay Davids Saks
Jay Davids Saks
Producer
Dick Lewzey
Dick Lewzey
Balance Engineer
Penny Bennett
Penny Bennett
Creative Director

Lyrics

When the sky is a bright canary yellow
I forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen
So they called me a cockeyed optimist
Immature and incurably green
I have heard people rant and rave and bellow
That we're done and we might as well be dead
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist
And I can't get it into my head
I hear the human race
Is falling on its face
And hasn't very far to go
But every whippoorwill
Is selling me a bill
And telling me it just ain't so
I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
And appear more intelligent and smart
But I'm stuck like a dope
With a thing called hope
And I can't get it out of my heart
Not this heart
I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
And appear more intelligent and smart
But I'm stuck like a dope
With a thing called hope
And I can't get it out of my heart
Not this heart
Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

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