when things go wrong as they sometimes will when the road you re trodding 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 oh no don t you quit whoa no success is failure turned inside out the silver tint on the clouds of doubt but you never can tell how close you are it may be near when it seems so far ooh gotta stick to the fight when you re hardest hit and when things go wrong oh you must not quit oh no don t you quit oh no don t quit no well you must not quit no you got to stick to the fight when you re hardest hit and when things go wrong no oh no don t you quit don t give up the fight don t give up you better not give up the fight don t give up oh no no don t give up the fight don t give up you better not give up the fight don t give up no don t give up don t give up you better not give up don t give up don t give up the fight don t give up not give up the fight 