we're all growed up

we're all gone wild

we all been beat like a stepchild

I'd help you save the world

but I'm busy that day

one foot on the gas

and the other in the grave

in spite of everything

it's pretty good to be alive



in spite of you in spite of me

in spite of everything

it's pretty good to be alive



I seen dreams die

I seen folks hated

seen the devil's slogans

spray-painted

seen figures of authority

saying bad is good

I seen the 6 o'clock news

in my own neighborhood

in spite of everything

it's pretty good to be alive



Chorus



I been heartbroke

I been ball-busted

been short-changed

I been mistrusted

been slandered in the streets

libeled in the press

I been embarrassed

in the bedroom

buggered by the the best

in spite of everything

it's pretty good to be alive



Chorus



there's a camaflouged tank

sitting rusting in the dump

there's a camel in the desert

with oil in his hump

the temperature's rising

people hiding in the shade

the ice cap's melting

we're making lemonade

in spite of everything

it's pretty good to be alive



Chorus



Lyrics by Bob Walkenhorst

© 1994 Bob Walkenhorst Music BMI