It's A Great Day To Be Alive - Ben Rector

I got rice cooking in the microwave

A three day beard I don’t plan to shave

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

Hey I’m doing alright

I think I’ll make me some homemade soup

I’m feeling pretty good now and that’s the truth

It’s neither drink nor drug induced

I’m just doing alright

See it’s a great day to be alive

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

There’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

Said goodbye to every seed I’d sown

I did my best and then I left it alone

I’m just doing alright

I look in the mirror and what do I see?

A lone wolf there staring back at me

Long in the tooth but harmless as can be

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

There’s some hard times in the neighborhood

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

And 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

Ahwoo!

I think I’ll get me a new tattoo

Or take my Harley for a three day cruise

Might even grow me a Fu Man Chu

Oh aww!

'Cause it’s a great day to be alive

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

There’s some hard times in the neighborhood

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