100 Good Things

I’ve got good things, So my perspective needs a radical twist/

I know there’s reasons I should exist/

it’s obnoxious but I have to insist/ cuz there’s so many good things on my list,

And there’s probably more that I’ve missed/

I’ve got money / in my checking and my savings accounts/

that used to seem like unrealistic amounts / And I even deserve it/

I’ve had loving, / tho it seems impossible when I’m lonely/

there were times great women wanted to know me / and I even deserved it/

I’m in shape, I mean just enough but not too outrageous /

cuz I’ve been jogging 30 minutes for ages, / So I even deserve it/

I’ve got art, to me that’s where my skills always stood out/

I’ve been drawing all my life and I’m good now / And I keep up to deserve it /

I’ve got good things, So my perspective needs a radical twist/

I guess there’s reasons I should exist/

My life’s incredible, I have to insist,/ cuz there’s 100 good things on my list/

and there’s probably more that I’ve missed/

I’m successful, beyond anything I ever could picture /

I’m a small but thriving cultural fixture / and I think I deserve it/

I’ve got friends, for talking or for drinking or eating/

from the oldest to the new ones I’m meeting / and they keep me surviving/

I’ve got out, to every state from Cali to Carolina/

to the pyramids and great wall of China / and I still can’t believe it/

My rent’s cheap, in the place I’ve always dreamed I would be,/

it’s the best thing that ever happened to me, but I probably don’t deserve it/

New York City, there’s a reason why we know that we chose it,/

It’s the greatest place and everyone knows it, despite our complaining/

The US, it’s so beautiful diverse and exciting, /

Tho we know a thousand problems it’s hiding, don’t be blind to what’s great here/

And there’s food, all the recipes the world has come up with /

I’ve ate great things that I even got stuffed with / and I eat every day/

And there’s books, at a level of such genius engagement /

pure enlightenment and pure entertainment, you just fly thru the pages/

And there’s movies, from the weirdest and your absolute favorite /

to your favorite no one even has made yet / sometimes they’ve blown me away /

And there’s comix, all those comix at the heart of my life, /

That often were the greatest art of my life, How much joy they have brought me/

I’ve got good things, So my perspective needs a radical twist/

I know there’s reasons I should exist/

My life’s incredible, I have to insist, cuz there’s 100 good things on my list/

and there’s probably more that I’ve missed/

And there’s ice cream, and there’s so many flavors that I’d get /

there’s flavors that I still haven’t tried yet, it’s just heaven on earth/

And there’s kisses, like when me and Sally kissed down on Mott St/

Sent us floating like we ain’t even got feet, I’m so happy that happened /

And adventure, There were times I had some awesome exploring, /

all my travels and incredible touring, and I want to do more soon/

And there’s earth, just the smell of the dirt and the air, /

and all the water and plants everywhere, unbelievable life forms/

And there’s space, all the endless infinite and mind-blowing/

Even just the little fraction that’s showing, it’s just too much to deal with/

And fun, what hell is this thing we call fun, /

It happens sometimes even to everyone, can’t deny that it feels good/

And records, oh my god so many mind-blowing records,/

jesus christ there are so many good records, this entire song could just have been records,/

even if this song was just about records, there’d be hundreds and hundreds and hundreds I bet,/

And those are just all of the hundreds I don’t even know yet, /

I’ve got good things, So my perspective needs a radical twist/

I know there’s reasons I should exist/

My life is good, I just have to insist, cuz there’s so many good things on my list/

and there’s probably more that I’ve missed.