THE STRANGEST SECRET (feat. Earl Nightingale)

In the world I'd like to tell you About the strangest secret In the world In the world In the world Not long ago Albert Schweitzer The great Doctor And Nobel Prize winner Was being interviewed in London And a reporter asked him "Doctor, what's wrong with men today?" The great doctor was silent a moment And then he said "Men simply don't think!" And it's about this That I want to talk with you We live today in a golden age This is an era That man has looked forward Dreamed of And worked toward For thousands of years But since it's here We pretty well take it for granted We in America Are particularly fortunate To live in the richest land That ever existed On the face of the earth A land of abundant opportunity For everyone But do you know what happens? I'd like to tell you About the strangest secret In the world In the world In the world I'd like to tell you About the strangest secret In the world In the world In the world Let's take 100 men Who start even At the age of 25 Do you have any idea What will happen to those men By the time they are 65? These 100 men Who all start even At the age of 25 Believe they're going To be successful If you asked any one of these men If he wanted to be a success He'd tell you that he did And you'd notice that He was eager toward life That there was a certain Sparkle to his eye An erectness to his carriage And life seemed like A pretty interesting adventure to him But by the time they're 65 One will be rich Four will be financially independent Five will still be working 54 will be broke Now, think a moment Out of the 100 Only five make the grade Why do so many fail? What has happened To the sparkle that was there When they were 25? What's become of the dreams The hopes, the plans? And why is there Such a large disparity between What these men Intended to do And what they Actually accomplished? I'd like to tell you About the strangest secret In the world In the world In the world I'd like to tell you About the strangest secret In the world In the world In the world