Ringo Starr

Released: June 16, 1998

Songwriter: Steve Dudas Ringo Starr Mark Hudson Dean Grakal

Producer: Ringo Starr Mark Hudson

[Verse 1]
When the world is coming down on you
And your back's against the wall
Change the glass that you've been looking through
It's really half full after all

[Chorus]
If you feel like giving up (giving up)
If you feel you've had enough
Let it go
Don't you know
You can come and kick the bottom out (bottom out)
Stomp your feet, scream and shout
Let it go, let it go

[Verse 2]
It's never quite as bad as you think it is
Because every bad day turns around (round, round, round)
Forgive yourself for all the things you did
The vertical man don't lay down (down, down, down, down, down)

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
And when the sun comes shining through for you
You'll discover even rainbows have the blues
Yes, I know, it's not news to you
Am I getting through to you?

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
When you feel like giving up (giving up)
When you feel like you've had enough
Let it go, let it go

[Outro]
Oo-oo, let it go[x2]
Kick the bottom out, scream and shout
Oo-oo, let it go
Kick the bottom out, stomp your feet, scream and shout (yeah, yeah, yeah)[x4]
Kick the bottom out[x3]
Scream and shout! Oh!
It's the vertical man - the vertical man - out![repeat until fade]

Best known as the drummer for The Beatles, Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey, 1940) also had a moderately successful solo career (with hits like “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Photograph”) and was the narrator for Thomas The Tank Engine.

His country-infused nickname emerged from a tendency to wear rings on his fingers.

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