There was this guy,    he was down on his luck   He was truly poverty’s child   Well, he had no home and he had no car   And he wore a weary smile   Moved out to l.a.,    knocked around for awhile   But he was getting nowhere   Then he did this movie and it did really well   Now he’s a millionaire   See, life is a curious thing   Life, ooh life is a curious thing      I know a man who could paint the town red   Had a college degree in fun   ’till the doorbell rang and a long lost flame said   "this little boy is your son"   Gave him a suitcase and a bear   Left ’em in a cloud of dust   Now he’s checking out schools and driving carpools   Learning to adjust   He says life is a curious thing   Life, ooh life is a curious thing      Well, I know that it can be demanding   I know that it can be unkind   I don’t really understand it   But lord sure knows I try   Life is a curious thing   Life, ooh life is a curious thing      Let me tell you ’bout a kid I knew   A pudgy girl back in school   She had greasy hair and geeky glasses   Object of ridicule   The other day in the check out line   They were ringing up my rice and beans   There she was, a pretty little face   On the cover of a magazine   And I said life is a curious thing   Life, ooh life is a curious thing   (chorus)      Just goes to show that you never know   Just what tomorrow may bring   But I’ll tell you this that what it is   Is seldom what it seems   ’cause life is a curious thing   Life, ooh life is a curious thing. . .