Somehow I Never Could Believe

Somehow, I never could believe
 That life was meant to be all dull and gray
 Somehow, I always will believe
 
 There'll be a brighter day
 
 Folks should try to find a way to get along together
 A way to make the world a singing happy place
 Full of laughter and kind words
 And friendliness on everybody's face
 But somehow in the world that I grew up in
 The streets were dark with misery and distress
 The endless daily grind was too much for them
 It took away all hope of happiness
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 When I was a girl I remember
 I used to dream about a party dress to wear
 But I never had a party dress
 And I guess, my dreams got lost somewhere
 No-one seemed to care
 But when I grew up I said I'll make it
 For I believed there'd be a lucky star above me
 In the fairy tales I read
 The maiden always said
 I know I'll find a fairy prince to love me
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 So I went wandering down the pavements of New York
 And through the subways roaring tunnels underground
 Hoping I would discover, some wonderful lover
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 Frank was the one that I found
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 Oh, on the day that we were married
 I took a flower from my bouquet
 And I pressed it in a book
 And put the book away
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 Sometimes now, I go and take a look
 The flower's dry, the perfume's gone, the petals all turned gray
 Oh, dream of love
 Should love turn out that way
 Should love turn out that way
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 But, then the babies came
 Their little arms made a ring around a rosy about me
 Yet, as they grew older
 They too seemed to grow away
 Until even Willy, my little boy Willy
 
 Seems he can get along without me
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 I don't know
 It looks like something awful happens
 In the kitchens where women wash their dishes
 Days turns to months, months turn to years
 The greasy soap suds drown our wishes
 
 There's got to be a little happiness somewhere
 Some hand to touch that's warm and kind
 And there must be two smiling eyes somewhere
 That will smile back into mine
 I never could believe
 That life was meant to be all dull and gray
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 I always will believe
 There'll be a brighter day