Everybody wants a good life And a home Everybody wants a good friend When they're alone And everybody don't want nobody to know That everybody's got a soul with a great big hole In the middle of it Life's a riddle and we try to solve it So when it's dark, look on the bright side And when it rains, wait on the sunshine Everybody likes gettin' them good vibes 'Cause everybody's got a heart on the inside We could take all the hard lessons Add a little lovin' and turn 'em into blessings Don't complicate it Keep it simple Just work hard and be nice to people Oh, just work hard and be nice to people Work hard and be nice I don't need a castle Or a throne I'm just tryin' to do a little more right Than I do wrong I don't want nobody to know That I got a soul with a great big hole In the middle of it And I'm just tryin' to fill a little of it So when it's dark, look on the bright side And when it rains, wait on the sunshine Everybody likes gettin' them good vibes 'Cause everybody's got a heart on the inside We could take all the hard lessons Add a little lovin' and turn 'em into blessings Don't complicate it Keep it simple Just work hard and be nice to people Oh, just work hard and be nice to people Just work hard and be nice So keep your eyes to the skies and your feet on the ground And if you gotta frown I'll help you turn it around and Don't let nobody ever tell you you can't be Who you wanna be or who you wanna see In this love or this life or this day So when it's dark, look on the bright side And when it rains, wait on the sunshine Everybody likes gettin' them good vibes 'Cause everybody's got a heart on the inside We could take all the hard lessons Add a little lovin' and turn em into blessings Don't complicate it Keep it simple Just work hard and be nice to people Just work hard and be nice to people Just work hard and be nice Don't complicate it Keep it simple Just work hard and be nice to people All of us are equal So just work hard and be nice to people