Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

This song is about always being optimistic, even if your life is awful. Eric Idle sings this at the end of Life Of Brian. Idle plays the lead crucifee. This song was remade in 1997 by Art Garfunkel for the Movie As Good As It Gets starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. The lyric "Life's a Piece of S--t" is replaced as "Life's a Counterfeit." It can be heard at the end credits

[Intro] But Brian, you know what they say? Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best And... [Chorus] Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) Always look on the light side of life (Whistle) [Verse 1] If life seems jolly rotten There's something you've forgotten And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing When you're feeling in the dumps Don't be silly, chumps Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing And... [Chorus] Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) (Come on!) Always look on the right side of life (Whistle) [Verse 2] For life is quite absurd And death's the final word You must always face the curtain with a bow Forget about your sin Give the audience a grin Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow [Chorus] So always look on the bright side of death (Whistle) A-Just before you draw your terminal breath (Whistle) [Verse 3] Life's a piece of shit (Oooh) When you look at it Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true (Oooh) You'll see it's all a show (Oooh) Keep 'em laughin' as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you (Oooh) And... [Chorus] Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) Always look on the right side of life (Whistle) (C'mon Brian, cheer up!) [Outro] Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) (Worse things happen at sea, you know?) Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) (What have you got to lose? You know, you come from nothing You're going back to nothing What have you lost? Nothing!) Always look on the bright side of life (Whistle) (Nothing will come from nothing You know what they say?) Always look on the bright side of life (Cheer up, ya old bugger C'mon, give us a grin! There y'are, see?) (Whistle) (It's the end of the film) (Incidentally, this record is available in the foyer) Always look on the bright side of life (Some of us got to live as well, you know?) (Whistle) (All right, that's the lot, let's get this place knocked down The whole show's dismantled in three weeks Who do you think pays for all this rubbish?) Always look on the bright side of life (They'll never make their money back, you know I told 'im, I said to 'im, "Bernie," I said, "they'll never make their money back.") (Whistle) Always look on the bright side of life