Fall down, get up, fall down, get up

It’s so cold and wet here on the ice

Get up, fall down, get up, fall down

Staying down could be so nice.

For whenever I come to the rink

Ten-thousand times I fall

And every time I do get up

Although the ice to me does call.

“Stay down,” it says. “No, don’t get up.”

“I’ll take care of you this day.”

“Just stay here in your warm parka.”

“You’ll never have to go away.”

But I resist the urge to stay

Curled up tight upon the ice

For quitting this or anything

Would be too steep a price.

For whether it be ice skating

Or learning to drive a car

Quitting this or anything

Means I can never go too far.

For Daddy always said to me,

“Son, do not ever ever quit.”

And Mama echoed his sentiment,

“You’ll end up regretting it.”

And so I strap up my ice skates

And fall and fall once more

Until I can skate around the rink

Faster than I ever could before.

I do the same with everything

That I decide is worthwhile

The things that take time and effort

That take going the extra mile.

So I say to you my friend

Strap on your pair of skates

Fall down, get up, fall down, get up

Success for you awaits.