No Ploy

Beat the drum and look to the sky.
So many questions involve why.
Answer them I have no intention of.
Preoccupied with smiling because…

I’d rather smile than frown.
Being melancholy might drag me down.
So laugh and feel some joy.

Sing to yourself and do as you please.
These are little ways to appease.
Stay on the right side of wrong.
Eliminate a chance for despair to go on.

I’d rather smile than frown.
Being melancholy might drag me down.
So laugh and feel some joy.
This ain’t no ploy.

Dance if that is how the mood strikes you.
Do it until you think you can no longer too.
Then take a rest and gather your mood.
No need to allow in those who are rude.

I’d rather smile than frown.
Being melancholy might drag me down.
So laugh and feel some joy.
This ain’t no ploy.

Excitement is free to pour from your core.
Against such things there is no law.
If some say different than turn your back.
No need to get involved in any of that.

I’d rather smile than frown.
Being melancholy might drag me down.
So laugh and feel some joy.
Ignore those who annoy.

Celebration is a right you deserve.
Never toss it away and to the curb.
For you answer only to you.
Words which should not enter review.

I’d rather smile than frown.
Being melancholy might drag me down.
So laugh and feel some joy.
Ignore those who annoy.
This ain’t no ploy.