From the musical “Ripples”, 1930.
Words by Graham John.
Music by Jerome Kern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Anything may happen any day
And you can’t tell what or why
If you want to keep your hair from going grey
You will never try
When you wake up in the morning
and the clouds are hanging low
I agree with you it’s comforting to know
Anything may happen any day
That is my philosophy
You will find your troubles never come to stay
If you think with me
Refrain
Anything may happen any day
What we least expect to happen, may
Though the dawn appears
In a cloud of tears
Soon the sun we care for
Smiles again and therefore
Why do we strive to be sent
Where adventure may call?
Being alive is the greatest adventure of all
And it takes my breath away to know that
Anything may happen any day
- It will be a big thrill just to feel
When a brand new day I start
Possibly I’ll meet the one girl who’ll appeal
To my empty heart
From the way you pull those clever
Speeches from the sky above
I can see that you will never fall in love
Anything may happen any day
Don’t you look that way at me
I was only humbly trying to display
Your philosophy
Refrain
Anything may happen any day
What we least expect to happen, may
Though the dawn appears
In a cloud of tears
Soon the sun we care for
Smiles again and therefore
Why do we strive to be sent
Where adventure may call?
Being alive is the greatest adventure of all
And it takes my breath away to know that
Anything may happen any day