Be Grateful

The other day I caught myself complaining

How my boss has got me working overtime

Then the stranger who was sitting there beside me

Said, "I spent all day in the unemployment line

Are there open shifts, are they hiring on?

I'll work any hours even all night long

If you could put a good word in for me"

Every time you think you've got it bad

You can find someone who's got it worse

All the things you take for granted now

They started out as blessings first

If you got someone who loves you

And a steady job that puts food

On the table, if you're strong and able

Man, be grateful

We complain about how much it's gonna cost us

To fuel our twenty-something thousand dollar cars

And living in the land of milk and honey

It's so easy to forget how lucky we are

We can work hard and buy a patch of dirt

And on Sunday morning go to church

And pray for those who don't have it as good as you

Every time you think you've got it bad

You can find someone who's got it worse

All the things you take for granted now

They started out as blessings first

If you got someone who loves you

And a steady job that puts food

On the table, if you're strong and able

Man, be grateful

Every time you think you've got it bad

You can find someone who's got it worse

All the things you take for granted now

They started out as blessings first

If you got someone who loves you

And a steady job that puts food

On the table, if you're strong and able

Man, be grateful

Yeah, I'm grateful

Oh, man, be grateful