Sometimes bad things, horrible things, happen to good people
I don't know why
But life isn't fair
That's the reality and
Diseases, cancer, MS, horrible diseases and accidents, these things
A good person in the wrong place, in the wrong time
Can end up just a victim of fate and of reality
And it can be horrible and heart-wrenching
But when those bad things happen to people around you

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What are you going to do?
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?

How are you going to lead?
Are you gonna get angry?
Are you gonna get frustrated?
Are you gonna lash out at people? Who are you gonna lash out at anyways?
Are you gonna start going down the spiral of negativity?
Are you gonna let this horrible situation dictate
The way you feel and the way you handle it?
Are you gonna fall over, fall down, fall apart?
Or are you going to lead?
Are you going face this issue with courage and with resolution?
[Chorus]
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?

I say lead
Lead, step up to the challenge
Be the one that other people look to
Absorb that impact
Absorb that negativity
Draw fire
That's what a member of a platoon
For tactical reasons
Steps into the open to draw enemy fire
Maybe to give another part of his team the chance to move or distract the enemy
That's what I say, draw fire
Bring that pain to me I can handle it
When maybe others cannot

[Chorus]
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?
When bad things are happening, I am going to try and be the one good thing
The thing standing tall that can be relied upon, because
I know that that attitude will spread
It will bolster those around me
And we will fight
And in fighting, we will win
And if not the battle, and if not the war, we will win because our spirit
It will never surrender

[Chorus]
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?
Going to do
When bad things happen
What are you going to do?

And that, that is the ultimate victory
To hold your head high
And even, even in the face of inescapable defeat
To stand and to fight
That is to win