The best things

Happen when you're elsewhere,

Happen when you're taking a nap

Or taking a nip

Or two;

 

While, elsewhere

(Yes, and you may well swear),

Lady Luck is handing the prize

To ten other guys

Like you.

 

Someday, you will find the pluck,

Get in the ring, and—forget to duck;

That's when you will wish your luck

Were elsewhere:

 

Proving that the best things

Happen somewhere else.