I got rice cooking in the microwave   Got a three day beard I don't plan to shave   And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say   Hey, I'm doing alright   Yeah I think I'll make me some homemade soup   Feelin' pretty good and that's the truth    It's neither drink nor drug induced   No, I'm just doin' alright      And it's a great day to be alive   I know the sun's still shinin' 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 been fifteen years since I left home   Said good luck to every seed I'd sown   Gave it my best and then I left it alone   Oh I hope they're doin' alright   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 doin' alright       And it's a great day to be alive   I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes   There's some hard times in the neighborhood   But why can't every day be just this good?      Sometimes its lonely   Sometimes its only me and    The shadows that fill this room   Sometimes I'm fallin', desperately callin'    Howlin' at the moon (A-ooooooh)      Well I might go get me a new tatoo or   Take my old Harley for a three day cruise   Might even grow me a fu man chu       And it's a great day to be alive   I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes   There's some hard times in the neighborhood   But why can't every day be just this good?       And it's a great day to be alive   I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes   There's some hard times in the neighborhood   But why can't every day be just this good?