Well you couldn't be good

If you've never been bad

You couldn't keep cool

If you've never gone mad

You couldn't be glum

If you've never been glad

And lemons give you lemonade

If you don't do the work

You'll never get paid

If you don't have the crowd

There's no parade

It may be trite

And I know it's clichéd

But lemons give you lemonade

The glass is half full of sweet champagne

Some say it's half empty, what do they know?

Why would you whine about the rain

When you could lose yourself inside a rainbow?

Without the climb

You don't get the view

Without the crime

You won't have a clue

There is no rhapsody

Without the blue

And lemons give you lemonade

The glass is half full of sweet champagne

Some say it's half empty, what do they know?

If you keep whining 'bout the rain

How you ever gonna see the rainbow?

Somebody's pain

Is somebody's pleasure

Somebody's trash

Is somebody's treasure

Somebody's ugly

Is somebody's lovely

And lemons give you lemonade