Pick Yourself Up

Please, teacher, teach me something
Nice teacher, teach me something
I'm as awkward as a camel
That's not the worst
My two feet haven't met yet
But I'll be teacher's pet yet
'Cause I'm gonna learn to dance or burst

Nothing's impossible, I have found
For when my chin is on the ground
I pick myself up, dust myself off
Start all over again
Don't lose your confidence if you slip
Be grateful for a pleasant trip
And pick yourself up, dust yourself off
Start all over again

Work like a soul inspired
'Til the battle of the day is won
You may be sick and tired
But you'll be a man, my son

Will you remember the famous men
Who had to fall to rise again?
So take a deep breath
Pick yourself up
Dust yourself off
Start all over again

I'll get some self-assurance
If your endurance is great
I'll learn by easy stages
If you're courageous and wait
To feel the strength I want to
I must hang on to your hand
Maybe by the time I'm fifteen
I'll get up and do a nifty

Pick yourself up
Dust yourself off
Start all over again

And if you're not the teacher's pet yet
I'm afraid you're not the right man yet
Don't be discouraged, my son
You'll be a man someday, my son

Pick yourself up
Dust yourself off
Start all over again

Don't lose your confidence if you slip
Be grateful for a pleasant trip
And pick yourself up, dust yourself off
Start all over again

Work like a soul inspired
'Til the battle of the day is won
You may be sick and tired
But you'll be a man someday, my son

Will you remember the famous men
Who had to fall to rise again?
So take a deep breath

Pick yourself up
Dust yourself off
Start all over again

I'll get some self-assurance
If your endurance is great
I'll learn by easy stages
If you're courageous and wait
To feel the strength I want to
I must hang on to your hand
Maybe by the time I'm fifteen
I'll get up and do a nifty