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