When the going gets Tough  (KDM 178)  Chris Froggatt  (Billy Ocean) 1985

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK

Circle Left

I got something to tell you, I got something to say

Hey now the Men Star Right, roll it one time you know

Left Allemande, well you Weave round the Ring

When the going gets tough (the tough get going)

Swing your girl, and then you Promenade

When the going gets tough (the tough get going)

When the going gets rough (the tough get rough)

FIGURE

Heads Pass the Ocean, Extend

Girls Trade, Swing Thru and then

Boys Cross Run, Ladies Chain down the Line

Turn the girls, Slide Thru, 8 Chain 2

(When the going gets tough)

Tch. 1/4, Scoot Back, Swing your corner, Promenade

When the going gets tough (the tough get going)

When the tough get rough (the tough get rough)

CLOSER

Circle Left

I’m gonna buy me a one-way ticket, nothing’s gonna hold me back

Hey now the Men Star Right, roll it one time you know

Left Allemande, well you Weave round the Ring

When the going gets tough (the tough get going)

Swing your girl, and then you Promenade

When the going gets tough (the tough get going)

When the going gets tough (the tough get rough)

TAG

When the going gets rough, the rough get tough

 

Note: The lyrics in brackets are optional. These can sound effective if the dancers “echo” the caller, or if you have a second caller call them in duet.

 

ORIGINAL LYRICS

When the going gets tough

The tough get going, tough, tough, huh, huh, huh

When the going gets tough, the tough get ready

Tough, tough, tough

Yeah, oh, do da do da

 

I got something to tell you

I got something to say

I'm gonna put this dream in motion

I Never let nothing stand in my way

When the going gets touch

The tough get going

 

I'm gonna get myself 'cross the river

That's the price I'm willing to pay

I'm gonna make you stand and deliver

And give me love in the old-fashion way woh

 

Darlin', I'll climb any mountain

Darlin', I'll do anything

 

Oh (oh) can I touch you (can I touch you)

And do the things that lovers do

Oh (oh) want to hold you (wanna hold you)

I gotta get it through to you, oh

 

When the going gets tough

The tough get going

When the going gets rough

The tough get rough

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Oh baby

 

I'm gonna buy me a one-way ticket

Nothin's gonna hold me back

Your love's like a slow train coming (slow train coming)

And I feel it coming down the track (woh)

 

Darlin', I'll climb any mountain

Darlin', I'll do anything

Oh (oh) can I touch you (can I touch you)

And do the things that lovers do

Oh, (oh) want to hold you (wanna hold you)

I gotta get it through to you (oh)

'Cause when the going gets tough

The tough get going

When the going gets rough

The tough get rough

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (oh hit it)

Oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Touch me baby oh oh

 

Darlin', I'll climb any mountain

Darlin', I'll swim any sea

Darlin', I'll reach for the heaven

Darlin', with you lovin' me

Oh (oh)

 

Oh, can I touch you (can I touch you)

Do the things that lovers do (can I touch you)

Oh, want to hold you (wanna hold you)

I gotta get it through to you

 

When the going gets tough

Going gets tough

Going gets rough

Going gets rough

When the going gets tough

Going gets tough

Going gets rough

Going gets rough

When the going gets tough

Going gets tough

Going gets rough

Going gets rough

When the going gets tough

 

Song by Billy Ocean: When the going gets tough, the tough get Going

Songwriters: Barry James Eastmond / Billy Ocean / Robert John Lange / Wayne Anton Brathwaite