words and music by Craig Taubman, craignco.com
Lyrics:
If you want to get ahead
You best you better use your head
For if you don't you'll find instead
Your gonna fall behind
Be a mensch and act refined
You really ought to use your mind
You can't go down a path that's blind
Or you will fall behind
There is a ton of work that must be done
Fixing up the world Tikkun Olam
There's no free ticket friend and no free ride
It's up to you you can't run you can't hide
Respect your parents
Greet your friends
Respect the old
And make amends
Which means that you should never
Ever never hold a grudge
Do acts of loving kindness
Such as helping those with blindness
Maybe visiting the sick
Or helping brides
Whose dress got smudged
We're not talking hammers screws or nails
It's something more that really tips the scales
It's how you act and what you think and do
It's fixing up the world
Fixing up the world
Fixing up the fixing up the fixing up the world
One step forward head up watch your back
Clear your mind and always stay on track
There's no free ticket friend and no free ride
It's up to you you can't run you can't hide
No you can't hide you cannot hide
No place too hide....
If I'm gonna get ahead
I best I better use my head
For if I don't I'll find instead
I'm gonna be behind