When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure has turned about
When we might have won had we stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out.
The silver tint round the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things go wrong that you must not quit.