[Verse 1]
The bird flies east
The bird flies west
And he pays no rental where he builds his nest
And I run my business identically
No assets, no capital, nothing but me

[Chorus]
When your shoes need soling
And you're standing on the town
And your girl says
Please, forget her
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Any change is for the better
When your job folds up
And your pants wear thin
And you're down on the bottom looking up at the top
When you're at zero
When you're a has-been
Then therе's nowhere to go but up
To the man who has a-plеnty
Any change is for the worse
So he plays a losing hand against the universe
But in winter weather
When the leaves turn brown
And you think of putting poison in your cup
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Then there's nowhere to go but up!
[Verse 2]
Up, up one street
And down one street
Wearing out the cobble stones with my feet
I look at tomorrow philosophically
For pretty nearly everything's happened to me

[Chorus]
When your shoes need soling
(When your shoes need soling)
And you're standing on the town
(And you're standing on the town)
And your girl says
Please, forget her
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Any change is for the better
When your job folds up
And your pants wear thin
And you're down on the bottom looking up at the top
When you're at zero
When you're a has-been
(You're not a has-been)
(I have been)
Then there's nowhere to go but up
To the man who has a-plenty
Any change is for the worse
So he plays a losing hand against the universe
But in winter weather
When the leaves turn brown
And you think of putting poison in your cup
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Can't go her way
Can't go his way
Can't go that way
Can't go this way
Then there's nowhere to go but up!