There was a young girl long ago   Who lived a peaceful life untold   She understood that love was everything   The jungle took her far away   Where her daddy worked and she would play   With friends who taught her how to be a lady      She had no rings on her fingers   She had diamonds in her eyes   She had no money to be reckoned with   She had love within her life   And I heard her singing      Wouldn't you say   Wouldn't you say   Wouldn't you say   That life is beautiful      She sang of things that pleased her soul   She questioned life and made it known   She stored her knowledge deep inside her mind      She had no mansions on a hillside   She had castles in the sky   She had no gold for inheritance   She had time on her side   And I heard her singing      Wouldn't you say   Wouldn't you say   Wouldn't you say   That life is beautiful      And as the years go by   That peaceful girl was I   And I'm still singing      Wouldn't you say   Wouldn't you say   Wouldn't you say   That life is beautiful