I've hung out with people with money   And I've hung out with people without   I've had friends in high cotton honey   And friends with beans for a bank account      Now what I've learned is too short for a book   And too long for a bumper sticker   In this whole world, there ain't nothing for sure   But far as I can figure      You can't get rich in Las Vegas   Can't retire on minimum wages   But with a little bit of love and some cable TV   We can be happy, relatively happy   Cool as a glass of iced tea   Happy as we wanna be      Life dishes out some difficult lessons   Life might hit us with a couple of blows   But when we stop and count up our blessings   It takes ten fingers and a couple of tows      Yeah, I found what really counts   Is what they don't teach in college   'Cause it says right here on page no. 1   In the book of common knowledge      You can't get rich in Las Vegas   Can't retire on minimum wages   But with a little bit of love and some cable TV   We can be happy, relatively happy   Cool as a glass of iced tea   Happy as we wanna be      Yeah, with a little bit of love and some cable TV   We can be happy, relatively happy   Cool as a glass of iced tea   Oh, happy as we wanna be