Whenever you look around you, and you start to get depressed
Compared to other places, face it, Montreal's the best
Cheer up, they used to tell me when I was just a kid
Cheer up, things could get worse, so I cheered up, and they didn't
Cheer up, they wanted to dismember the country, it's true
Cheer up, it could be Algeria, they'd be dismembering you
You could have been one of the hundreds of passengers flying the Paris TWA
Who suddenly found they were drinking seawater instead of a wine in a French café
You could have been one of the thousands of people who lived near the river in the second aid
Who stood in their underwear only to wonder where all of the houses had floated away
Cheer up, at that club on Pinaf, they could have found you
Cheer up, you could be a separatist and not look good in blue
Cheer up, you could have been working for Jojo Savard
Cheer up, you could have voted for Lucien Rouchard
Cheer up, you could be in Cabel
Cheer up, you could be in Belfast
Cheer up, you could be in Israel
Cheer up, you could be in...
Sarnia
Sarnia
If Quebec politics get you down, down, down, down
And you want to retire to a quiet small town, town, town
With cheap and desirable real estates
Just stay in Montreal
And wait, wait, wait
And cheer up!