Lovely Lyrics: Nowhere To Go But Up

an excellent life motto

The soundtrack from Mary Poppins Returns is fantastic and this is one of my favorite songs from it. The messages within the lyrics are so awesome - "The past is the past; it lives on as history - the future comes fast; each second a mystery" and "give a lift to a foe, for you reap what you sow" - as well as the idea that your balloon will sink or float depending on what you fill it with speaks to how one's attitude usually influences one's outlook on life. I also love the nods songs in the original Mary Poppins movie - "Feed The Birds" and "Let's Go Fly A Kite!" This is such a lovely song and if you haven't heard it, I recommend you give it a listen!

Nowhere To Go But Up

from Mary Poppins Returns

Life's a balloon

That tumbles or rises

Depending on what is inside

Fill it with hope

And playful surprises

And oh, deary ducks

Then you're in for a ride

Look inside the balloon

And if you hear a tune

There's no where to go but up

Choose the secret we know

Before life makes us grow

There's nowhere to go but up

If your selection feels right

Well then deary, hold tight

If you see your reflection

Your heart will take flight

If you pick the right string

Then your heart will take wing

And there's nowhere to go but up

Now I feel like that boy

With a shiny new toy

And there's nowhere to go but up

Just one day at the fair

Has me waltzing on air

And there's nowhere to go but up

Now my heart is so light

That I think I just might

Start feeding the birds

And then go fly a kite!

With your head in a cloud

Only laughter's allowed

And there's nowhere to go but up

We're zigging and zagging

Our feet never dragging

We might take a ride to the moon

All this bobbing and weaving

All comes from believing

The magic inside the balloon

The past is the past

It lives on as history

And that's an important thing

The future comes fast

Each second a mystery

For nobody knows what

Tomorrow may bring

Up here in the blue

It's a marvelous view

Side by side is the best way to fly

Once I just looked above

But now I am part of

The lovely London sky

When the clouds make a muss

Well I won't make a fuss

But I'll polish the stars

Ellen, better let us!

Give a lift to a foe

For you reap what you sow

And there's nowhere to go but up

If your day's up the spout

Well there isn't a doubt

There's nowhere to go but up

And if you don't believe

Just hang on to my sleeve

For there's nowhere to go but up

As you fly over town

It gets harder to frown

And we'll all hit the heights

If we never look down

Let the past take a bow

The forever is now

And there's nowhere to go but up!

Music by Marc Shaiman

Lyrics by Scott Wittman

Happy Tails to you!