Keep on singing, don't stop singing   You're gonna be a star some day   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 6 years old   Started singin' in the streets   People would throw me pennies   So I could help daddy make ends meet      He said, "Keep on singin'   Don't stop singin'   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 singin'   Keep the bells a ringin'   Spread the music from town to town   There's not enough love in this old world   So spread your song around"      By the time that I was 10 years old   I had a little 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 singin'   Don't stop singin'   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 singin'   Keep the bells a ringin'   Spread the music from town to town   There's not enough love in this old world   So spread your song 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 tremblin' hands   Right before he died      He said, "Keep on singin'   Don't stop singin'   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 singin'   Keep the bells a ringin'   Spread the music from town to town   There's not enough love in this old world   So spread your song around"      He said, "Keep on singin'   Don't stop singin'   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 singin'   Keep the bells a ringin'   Spread the music from town to town   There's not enough love in this old world   So spread your song around"      He said, "Keep on singin'   Don't stop singin'   You're gonna be a star someday