J. Curtis, advice L. Taylor, M. Taylor
Morgan Creek Music/Solid Smash Music Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

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Eight hours with a shovel
In the city summer sun
Aching arms and dusty boots
And a job that won't get done.
Two weeks pay spent yesterday
And a three-change bus ride home
The fading grey of a long hard day
Not a thing to call your own.
And the boy turns
And he asks his old dad
He says "Are you glad
For the kind of life you've had?"
And he says

Life is good
Spring is in the air
You got two bucks in your pocket
A little bit of Brylcreem
In your hair.
Life is good
When you're proud of what you do
Giving your all to others
And it all comes back to you.

Some guys are handsome
They make friends all the time
They've always got a buddy
And they always feel fine.
Now others take a backseat
They watch the world go by
They're living life alone
Quietly and shy.
But when love strikes
And those fires start to burn
And those lonely years they melt away
And finally it's your turn and you say

Life is good
Winter's blowing cold
Love is forever
And it never will grow old.
Life is good
When you're proud of what you do
Giving your all to others
And it all comes back to you.

You can go on year to year
Thinking life has nothing new.
Special things go to others
You're glad for them
But then just like that
It goes and changes
Just like that you say that

Life is good
You were heading for a fall but
You pick youself up
You dust yourself off hey
Didn't hurt at all.
Life is good
When you're proud of what you do.
Give your all to others
Come on now try
Listen very closely
To every laugh and sigh
Maybe there's a reason
For all that we do
Giving you all to others
It all comes back to you.