i say i say today i'm on an up up upper
tomorrow i'm down, down
today i'm all right and i'm proper
tomorrow i'm why - why?
yesterday i was switched on
today i'm turned off
yesterday i was someone
tomorrow i'm not

happiness versus sadness
i'm like a yo-yo in a spin spin spin
happiness versus sadness
i'm like a yo-yo on a string string string
i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo
in a spin spin spin
i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo
on a string string string

have you heard the one about me
i'm high and mighty
and then i'm knocked out out
whenever i'm Little Miss Smiley
later i cry loud
yesterday i was waving
today i'm all drown
one morning i cave in 
another i'll bounce bounce

happiness versus sadness
i'm like a yo-yo in a spin spin spin
happiness versus sadness
i'm like a yo-yo on a string string string
i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo
in a spin spin spin
i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo, i'm like a yo-yo
on a string string string

doctor doctor she says to me knock knock
"i can see why you're here, dear
but i've got twenty minutes
to cure all your woes and your ills 
pop pills, head shrinks, quit drink
i can prescribe for you"
can this 7 pounds and 20 p
really beat my moods?

ha ha yo yo
happiness versus sadness oh

happiness versus sadness
i'm like a yo-yo in a spin spin spin
happiness versus sadness
i'm like a yo-yo on a string string string

happiness versus sadness
i'm like a yo-yo in a spin spin spin