Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Come on, get set to go
Walking on the suny side of the street
Just get ready to be
Right up the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear a pitter pat that comes
With a happy tune as you step
Life can be so divine
Right up the sunny side of life
And if you ever go
You surely get what you need
Just direct your feet
Right down the sunny side of life
The very sunny
Come on, come now
I know for sure there is a way
To be on the sunny side of life
That you have to do is listen
To the song that goes on to stay
Yes
It will never ever fade away
Come on and just see what happens
That happens under coming on is the sound of a tender saxophone
That is played with honor sober
Mr Sunny's dead
Just to be in the sunny side
There comes
I love the sun to sing the song
Better no, it's dizzy
Blow no
Just get your kids on the side
The sunny side
The groove side
The very side of the street
Not if I go down the devil
they'll never be bad if you're gonna lie like that
Can't you hear the pitter patter pitter patter sound
For that pitter patter sound is like a tipping sound
Yes, the sound of joy lingering on over and out
Can't you hear the sound of joy and happiness coming over
We're getting to the stars
Grabbing everything
But it really got come along
Never ever give it up
Cause you'll get a little funny walking on the sunny side of the street
You'll never get her
When dear stare there
So take my coat, it's time to have a ball
'Cause I gotta be true when I say that I really don't mind
If I get my way to be taken
I walk on the wonderful side of the rubbles
It's all that I really do search and I want him to get along
Grab your coat
And get your head
Leave your worries on the doorstep
And just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear a pitter pat that comes
With that happy tune in your step
Life can be divine
On the sunny side of the street
I used to walk
Walk in the shade with those blues on parade
But I'm not afraid
This rover crisis over
If I never had one sin
I'd be rich as Rockefeller
There is goat death at my feet
On the sunny
On the shady
On the sunny side of the street
She will lose
Walking on the suny side of the street
Just get ready to be
Right up the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear a pitter pat that comes
With a happy tune as you step
Life can be so divine
Right up the sunny side of life
And if you ever go
You surely get what you need
Just direct your feet
Right down the sunny side of life
The very sunny
Come on, come now
I know for sure there is a way
To be on the sunny side of life
That you have to do is listen
To the song that goes on to stay
Yes
It will never ever fade away
Come on and just see what happens
That happens under coming on is the sound of a tender saxophone
That is played with honor sober
Mr Sunny's dead
Just to be in the sunny side
There comes
I love the sun to sing the song
Better no, it's dizzy
Blow no
Just get your kids on the side
The sunny side
The groove side
The very side of the street
Not if I go down the devil
they'll never be bad if you're gonna lie like that
Can't you hear the pitter patter pitter patter sound
For that pitter patter sound is like a tipping sound
Yes, the sound of joy lingering on over and out
Can't you hear the sound of joy and happiness coming over
We're getting to the stars
Grabbing everything
But it really got come along
Never ever give it up
Cause you'll get a little funny walking on the sunny side of the street
You'll never get her
When dear stare there
So take my coat, it's time to have a ball
'Cause I gotta be true when I say that I really don't mind
If I get my way to be taken
I walk on the wonderful side of the rubbles
It's all that I really do search and I want him to get along
Grab your coat
And get your head
Leave your worries on the doorstep
And just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear a pitter pat that comes
With that happy tune in your step
Life can be divine
On the sunny side of the street
I used to walk
Walk in the shade with those blues on parade
But I'm not afraid
This rover crisis over
If I never had one sin
I'd be rich as Rockefeller
There is goat death at my feet
On the sunny
On the shady
On the sunny side of the street
She will lose
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On the Sunny Side of the Street Lyrics as written by Jimmy Mchugh Dorothy Fields
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