Helen Reddy Keep on Singing

Keep on singing
Don't stop singing
You're gonna be a star someday
You're gonna make a lot of people happy
When they come to hear you play)

I don't remember mama
She died when I was born
We lived in a one room shanty
But daddy tried to make it a home

When I was only six years old
I started singing in the streets
People would throw me pennies
So I can help daddy make ends meet

He said, keep on singing
Don't stop singing
You're gonna be a star someday
You're gonna make a lot of people happy
When they come to hear you play

He said keep on singing
Keep the bells a ringing
Spread the music from town to town
There's not enough love in this old world
So spread your songs around

By the time I was 10 years old
I had a rock n roll band
Daddy's eyes were growing dim
But I didn't understand

He would be so proud of me
Each time he'd hear us play
At night he'd pull me to his side
And daddy would always say

He said, keep on singing
Don't stop singing
You're gonna be a star someday
You're gonna make a lot of people happy
When they come to hear you play

He said keep on singing
Keep the bells a ringing
Spread the music from town to town
There's not enough love in this old world
So spread your songs around

He didn't have much money
But things didn't seem so bad
I felt just like the queen of the world
When I was with my dad

Then one rainy April night
Daddy called me to his side
He held me with his trembling hands
Right before he died

He said, keep on singing
Don't stop singing
You're gonna be a star someday
You're gonna make a lot of people happy
When they come to hear you play

He said keep on singing
Keep the bells a ringing
Spread the music from town to town
There's not enough love in this old world
So spread your songs around

He said, keep on singing
Don't stop singing
You're gonna be a star someday
You're gonna make a lot of people happy
When they come to hear you play

He said keep on singing
Keep the bells a ringing
Spread the music from town to town
There's not enough love in this old world
So spread your songs around