Big deal - somebody robbed you on the corner,
Big deal - your wife is telling you a lie,
Big deal - you feel as if you are a goner...
Be thankful, man, that you are still alive!

So what if you are tortured by sarcoma?
So what if you were not let in at five?
So what if you boozed off into a coma?
Be thankful, man, that you are still alive!

 
 
 
 

Don’t care if your buddy kicked the bucket,
Don’t care if your head would crack and rive,
Don’t care if they stripped you like a sucker...
Be thankful, man, that you are still alive!

Relax, although your skin is sores and scratches,
Relax, when only troubles boom and thrive,
Relax, when being carried on a stretcher...
Be thankful, man, that you are still alive!

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

It’s true - a man must answer for his blunders,
It’s true - it’s up to me which way to drive...
It’s all so true, but still my soul wonders -
Whom shall I thank that I am still alive?