It's Great To Be Alive - Original - Jo Stafford, Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston & His Orchestra

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