You're the oldest of five Sally Sunshine
And the ruin in the ghetto is your home
In the spring of your life
You must act like a wife
Cause your pa can't manage on his own

You don't know what it's like to buy candy
Or to ride on the see-saw in the park
And you don't ever play 
With the kids round your way
Cause their folks say excuse and dart

But you smile all the while
Sally Sunshine
And you laugh when you really ought to cry
Don't give up keep it up now 
Sally Sunshine
The sun is gonna shine upon you by and by

Why you care for your brothers and your sisters
All we do is turn our heads away
Cause we might feel ashamed
If we had to explain
How the world could have trated you this way

Yes you smile all the while
Sally Sunshine
And you laugh when you really ought to cry
Don't give up keep it up now 
Sally Sunshine
The sun is gonna shine upon you by and by

We've got so much to learn Sally Sunshine
You're the one who can tell us what to do
Carry on little girl show the rest of the world
How to love and live our lives like you

Cause you smile all the while
Sally Sunshine
And you laugh when you really ought to cry
Don't give up keep it up now 
Sally Sunshine
The sun is gonna shine upon you by and by

Cause you smile all the while
Sally Sunshine
And you laugh when you really ought to cry
Don't give up keep it up now 
Sally Sunshine
The sun is gonna shine upon you by and by

Yes you smile all the while
Sally Sunshine
And you laugh when you really ought to cry
Don't give up keep it up now 
Sally Sunshine
The sun is gonna shine upon you by and by........




 
