It's Great To Be Alive Lyrics

It's great to be alive
To work from nine to five
To have a piece of land to farm

It's great to be alive
To have a car to drive
And have your baby on your arm

In spite of bills
And other minor ills
Somehow we manage to survive

It's great to be in love
To have a roof above
And watch the little ones around

Your own descendant
Deductable dependents
It's great to be alive

It's great to be alive
(It's great to be here and kickin')
To work from nine to five
(To hear an alarm clock tickin')
And have a piece of land to farm
(It's really a kick to cultivate chickens on a little ol' farm)

It's great to be alive
(It's up to work and strivin')
To have a car to drive
(Then take your girl to a drive-in)
And swing your baby on your arm
(To know that at five you're really arrivin', she'll be holding your arm)

In spite of bills
(Even though the bills just pile up by the million)
And other minor ills
(We manage to find the proper pills)
Somehow me manage to survive
(To lose the little ills, straight, that really is great)

It's great to be alive
(That girl to love you)
To have a roof above
(That roof above you
To watch the little ones arrive)
(Especially with the little ones arrivin' and all that jive)

Your own descendants
(Your descendants)
Deductable dependents
(In attendance)

It's great, it's great to be alive
We're livin', thanksgivin'
It's great to be alive

Jo Stafford - Capitol Collectors Series

Feb 1991

1. Old Acquaintance
2. How Sweet You Are
3. There's No You
4. Ridin' On The Gravy Train
5. This Is Always
6. The Things We Did Last Summer
7. Smoke Dreams
8. Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)
9. I'm So Right Tonight
10. I Never Loved Anyone
11. He's Gone Away
12. Congratulations
13. Once And For Always
14. Whispering Hope
15. Ragtime Cowboy Joe
16. Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
17. It's Great To Be Alive
18. No Other Love