My Friend Jake Songtext
von Barry Louis Polisar

I had a friend named Jake
He was a happy kid
Oh, everyone thought he was crazy, though
For doing what he did

′Cause Jakey liked to travel
Oh, he loved to walk around
But Jake didn't like convention
So he walked upside down

He got around okay, I guess
Though he walked kind of slow
And when he′d see me coming
He'd just wave his toe

At school it was a problem
Yeah, he never would stay put
And when other kids raised their hands
Oh, Jake would raise his foot


Now Jakey had an uncle
Who had a PhD
Who said, "This boy is crazy
As crazy as can be!"

But you know, Jake was happy though
As crazy as that sounds
He'd always say that the normal way
Is upside down

′Cause Jake thought wars were stupid
And he didn′t like to see folks frown
Besides an angry face is a smile
When you're standing upside down

Well, they took him to a doctor
And they gave him lots of tests
They asked him lots of questions
They would not let him rest

Finally he agreed to change
And got up from his seat
And Jake, he just flipped right up
And landed on his feet


His mother clapped and his daddy smiled
And the doctor jumped for joy
And grandma started crying, saying
"My, that′s my boy!"

Jake indeed had come around
He finally had been cured
"The best success that I've had yet!"
The doctor assured

But then something happened
When he saw things right-side up
And in about two hours
Jake had had enough

Everywhere people hated
And it was hard to find a friend
So Jakey did a turnabout
And he′s upside down again

He likes things much better this way
Even if it is hard to get around
Well, that angry face is still a smile
When you're standing upside down

He still thinks wars are stupid
And he never could learn to hate
And I′d have to say the only one I know
Right-side-up is Jake

Now that he is happy again
As crazy as this sounds
I'd have to say that the normal way
Is upside down