it's not so bad when you think about it
it's not so bad things could be much worse
what about that man
the guy who drove
all the way to boston

he needed a kidney
he was on the news
the front page
of all the papers
he was so famous
they let him go
then he died
they came after his money
his wife and kids
all his pets
all those debts

it's important to have little things like that
to compare your life with
it's important to have little things like that
to compare your life with
it's important to have little things like that
to compare your life with
yeah life with

and what about the lady
who went all that way to ethiopia
to become a missionary
they beat her to death
while she was preaching

what about the guy who saw the tarzan movies
on his way home
he tried to swing on a high voltage wire
killed him right there on the spot

it's important to have little things like that
to compare your life with
it's important to have little things like that
to compare your life with
it's important to have little things like that
to compare your life with
yeah life with