It's a Great Day to Be Alive

Yeah, I got rice cooking in the microwave

Got a three-day beard I don't plan to shave

And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say

Hey man, I'm doing alright

Yeah, I think I'll make me some homemade soup

I'm feeling pretty good and that's the gospel truth

It's neither drink nor drug-induced

No, I'm just doing alright

It's a great day to be alive

I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes

It's some hard times in the neighborhood

But why can't every day be just this good?

It's been fifteen years since I left home

And said good luck to every seed I'd sown

I gave it my best then I left it alone

I hope they're doing alright

Now, redbird, redbird, what do you see?

Says, I see a lone wolf looking at me

Head in the clouds but harmless as a tree

Good God, I guess he's doing alright

It's a great day to be alive

I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes

It's some hard times in the neighborhood

But why can't every day be just this good?

Sometimes it's lonely

Sometimes it's only me

And the shadows that fill this room

Sometimes I'm falling

Desperately calling

And howling at the moon

Ah-woo

Yeah, it's a colorful life that we go through

It's neither black or white, nor just shades of blue

Now maybe I'll grow me a fu manchu, oh yeah

Yeah, it's a great day to be alive

I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes

It's some hard times in the neighborhood

But why can't every day be just this good?

It's a great day to be alive

I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes

It's some hard times in the neighborhood

But why can't every day be just this good?

Ah-woo