Last week I lost my grip on life,
a thousand things went wrong.
My doctor said, \"Fill out your will\".
The market stalled and went downhill.
My son sent home his college bill!
I\'m trying to be strong!
I thought I had control of things
until my neighbor called:
Someone stole my riding mower,
the cops are pounding on my door
exclaiming words like \"Vice\", \"Hard Core\".
I need a Demerol!
How much more can one man take?
My luck has got to change.
But now they say my bank\'s gone broke,
my car insurance says \"revoke\".
You want a dog that\'s not housebroke?
My life is just too strange!
My best friend stopped by yesterday
to talk about this curse.
He said: \"Don\'t worry, it won\'t last.
Today will fade into the past.
Don\'t let yourself be so downcast.
Chin up, it could be worse!\"
And sure enough my friend was right.
The blues I now disperse
by thinking calm and happy thoughts,
refusing to become distraught,
resisting life\'s unfair onslaughts --
and everything is worse!