There’s Nowhere To Go But Up!

[TINA, spoken]
Brom, where have you been?

[WOMAN, spoken]
You shouldn't be here, you know. Mynheer Tienhoven says you're a very destructive young man and should be punished severely.

[BROM, spoken]
I know, but I've reformed. I'm never gonna make trouble again. I'm gonna keep out of fights and be very subservient and get along the way other people do.

[TINA, spoken]
Now, Brom–

[BROM, spoken]
Oh, yes I am. I wanna get married, and before you get married, you have to be civilized.

[WOMAN, spoken]
Oh, you must have done very well if you're thinking of getting married.

[BROM, spoken]
No. But things will have to get better soon. Look at me.

(sung)
The bird flies east, the bird flies west
But he pays no rental where he builds his nest
And I run my business identically
No assets, no capital, nothing but me

When your shoes need soling
And you're standing on the town
And your girl says please forget her
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Any change is for the better

When your job folds up
And your pants wear thin
And you're down on the bottom looking up at the top
When you're at zero
When you're a has-been
Then there's nowhere to go but up!

To the man who has a-plenty
Any change is for the worse
So he plays a losing hand
Against the universe

But in wintry weather
When the leaves turn brown
And you think of putting poison in your cup
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Then there's nowhere to go but up!

[TENPIN]
Up one street and down one street
Wearing out the cobblestones with my feet
I look at tomorrow philosophically
For pretty nearly everything's happened to me

But in wintry weather
When the leaves turn brown
And you think of putting poison in your cup
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Can't go her way, can't go his way
Can't go that way, can't go this way
Then there's nowhere to go but up!

[ENSEMBLE]
When your shoes need soling
And you're standing on the town
And your girl says please forget her
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Any change is for the better

When your job folds up
And your pants wear thin
And you're down on the bottom looking up at the top
When you're at zero
When you're a has-been
Then there's nowhere to go but up!

To the man who has a-plenty
Any change is for the worse
So he plays a losing hand
Against the universe

But when it's winter weather
And the leaves turn brown
And you think of putting poison in your cup
When you're on rock bottom
And you can't go down
Can't go her way, can't go his way
Can't go that way, can't go this way
Then there's nowhere to go but up!