Swimming Upstream

God bless my daddy, I learned so much from him

He taught me at an early age I had to sink or swim

He said, "Boy, that old river of life can wash away your dreams

But you gotta keep right on kicking and swimming upstream"

Before I knew it, I was out there on the street

That old gal they call lady luck, she wasn't kind to me

As a matter of fact, you could say she was down right mean

She kept me in way over my head and swimming upstream

Swimming upstream, swimming upstream

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream

Things will get rough, times will get lean

But the only choice you got is keep swimming upstream

Every time I think my ship is comin' in

That old tide will turn and it'll take me back out again

If I just lay back and float, I'll be in trouble, you see

So I gotta keep working and kicking and swimming upstream

Swimming upstream, swimming upstream

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream

Things will get rough, times will get lean

But the only choice you got is keep swimming upstream

Swimming upstream, swimming upstream

Fightin' every inch of the way for a poor boy's dream

Things will get rough, times will get lean

But the only choice you got is keep swimming upstream

Yeah, the only choice that you got is keep swimming upstream