[Verse 1]

I got rice cookin' in the microwave

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

It's a goofy thing but I just gotta say, hey

I'm doin' alright

[Verse 2]

I think I'll make me some homemade soup

Feelin' pretty good and that's the truth, yeah

It's neither drink nor drug induced, no

I'm just doin' alright

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 3]

It's been fifteen years since I left home

And said good luck to every seed I'd sown

Gave it my best and then I left it alone

I hope they're doin' alright

[Verse 4]

Now I look in the mirror and what do I see

A lone wolf there starin' back at me

Long in the tooth but harmless as can be

Lord I guess he's doing alright

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

Sometimes it's lonely, sometimes it's only me

And the shadows that fill this room

Sometimes I'm falling, desperately calling

Howlin' at the moon ah-ooh

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 5]

Might go get me a new tattoo

Take my old Jeep for a three day cruise

Might even grow me a Fu-Manchu

[Chorus]

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 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

Ah-ooh

Ah-ooh, yeah

Hey, oh yeah

Yeah yeah