When it's sunny, work is easy, seems like play.
Courage isn't needed to get
through a summer's day.
For everyone is cheerful and each face mirrors a smile,
That lingers in the eyes of all, when the day is mild.

But when night throws her dark curtain over morn,
When the road is rocky, flowers and birds are gone,
You long to throw your lot in and retire with the rest,
But put your shoulders to the wheel, your courage to the test.

For when we give all that we have, we'll get it back someday,
Onward, onward, you can, I know, trying's the only way.