Heart
Damn Yankees [Original Broadway Cast] Lyrics

You've gotta have heart
To succeed, you need to have courage and determination.

All you really need is heart
The most important thing to have is heart.

When the odds are sayin' you'll never win
When everyone is telling you that you can't win.

That's when the grin should start
That's when you should put on a brave face and keep going.

You've gotta have hope
You can't give up hope.

Mustn't sit around and mope
You can't just sit around feeling sorry for yourself.

Nothin's half as bad as it may appear
Things are never as bad as they seem.

Wait'll next year and hope
Keep trying and hope for better luck next time.

When your luck is battin' zero
When you have no luck.

Get your chin up off the floor
Don't give up.

Mister you can be a hero
You can be a hero in your own right.

You can open any door, there's nothin' to it but to do it
If you work hard, you can achieve anything.

Miles 'n miles n' miles of heart
We have a lot of heart.

Oh, it's fine to be a genius of course
Being a genius is great.

But keep that old horse Before the cart
But don't forget what's important.

What've we got?
We don't have much.

We don't sit around and mope
But we don't just sit around and feel sorry for ourselves.

Not a solitary sob do wwe heave
We don't cry about it.

Mister, 'cause we've got hope
Because we have hope.

We're so happy that we're hummin'
We are happy.

That's the hearty thing to do
That's the right attitude to have.

Cause we know our ship will come in
We believe that things will get better.

So it's ten years overdue
Even though it has taken a long time.

So what the hecks the use of cryin'?
What's the point in crying?

Why should we curse?
Why should we be angry?

We've gotta get better, 'cause we can't get worse!
We have to improve because we can't get any worse.

And to add to it, we've got heart
We also have a lot of heart.

We've got heart
We have heart.

We've got heart
We have heart.

We've got heart
We have heart.

We're so happy that we're laughin'
We are happy.

That's the hearty thing to do
That's the right attitude to have.

So we ain't been autographin'
We haven't been successful enough to sign autographs.

'Cept to sign an I.O.U.
We only have money that we owe.

Who minds those pop bottles flyin'?
We don't care about people throwing bottles at us.

The hisses and the boos
We don't care about people booing us.

The team has been consistent
Our team has always been the same.

Yeah, we always lose
We always lose.

But we're laughin' cause... We've got heart
But we are still happy and have a lot of heart.

We've got heart... We've got heart
We have heart.