Darrell Scott

It's a Great Day To Be Alive

Darrell Scott


IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE

I got rice cooking in the microwave 
I got a three day beard, I don't plan to shave 
And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say, I'm doing all right 
I think I'll make me some homemade soup 
I'm feeling pretty good and that's the truth 
It's neither drink nor drug induced, no I'm just doing all right 

And it's a great day to be alive 
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes 
It's hard times in the neighborhood 
But why can't everyday be just this good 

It's been fifteen years since I left home 
Said good luck to every seed I'd sown 
Gave it my best, then I left it alone 
I hope they're doing all right 

Redbird, redbird what do you see? 
He says, "I see a lone wolf looking at me 
Head in the clouds but harmless as a tree 
I guess he's doing all right" 

And it's a great day to be alive 
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes 
It's hard times in the neighborhood 
But why can't everyday 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, howling at the moon 

It's a colorful life that we go through 
It's neither black or white, nor just shades of blue 
......Maybe I'll grow me a fu man chu