[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