START WHERE YOU STAND

Start where you stand and never mind the past The past won't help you in beginning anew And if you have left it all behind at last Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through Start where you stand and never mind the past The past won't help you in beginning anew And if you have left it all behind at last Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through This is another chapter in the book This is another race that you have planned Don't give the vanished days a backward look Start whеre you stand, start where you stand Thе world won't care about your old defeats If you can start anew and win success The future is your time, and time is fleet There is much of work and strain and stress Forget the buried woes and dead despairs Here is a brand new trial right at hand The future is for him who does and dares Start where you stand, start where you stand Start where you stand and never mind the past The past won't help you in beginning anew And if you have left it all behind at last Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through Start where you stand and never mind the past The past won't help you in beginning anew And if you have left it all behind at last Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid Today's the thing, tomorrow soon will be Get in the fight and face it unafraid And leave the past to ancient history What's been, has been; yesterday is dead And by it you are neither blessed nor banned Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead Start where you stand, start where you stand Start where you stand and never mind the past The past won't help you in beginning anew And if you have left it all behind at last Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through Start where you stand and never mind the past The past won't help you in beginning anew And if you have left it all behind at last Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through