Randy Newman Follow

When I'm feeling down
Worried about every little thing
I take a look around, this is what I say, oh, oh

Relax, enjoy yourself
It's only a glorious game
There's fruit trees growin' in an open field
And wild roses bloomin' down a country lane

Look around, old chum
Slow it down, old chum
For you never will succeed
You never will succeed, oh now look

Relax, enjoy yourself
It's all just a wonderful game
There are rivers and forests, and mountains high
There's the deep green ocean and the pale blue sky

Let it go and then
You will know, old friend
That you never will succeed
You never will succeed

It must be very trying to be bad all the time
Vicious and cruel and mean when there's so much beauty
All around us to be seen and so very little time in which to see it all
And feel it all, so little time

Perhaps when you were little
No one held you in their arms
And told you that they loved you very much
Perhaps you were embittered by your fall from grace

How long have you been dead? Two months
Do you miss your friends? Yes, I miss them
I've tried to make friends here, but it's hard
You were a good girl cut down in your prime
Yes

The man who shot you in the head
In that Burger King in Tucson
Well, he never will be punished you know
He will move to Big Pine, California

Become the richest man in Inyo County
While that may not be much, it's enough
When he dies, sixty-five years from today
With his loved ones all around him

He'll be whisked right up to heaven
He won't pass go or have to wait
He'll just march right through the god damned gate
And why, you may ask yourself why

For thousands and thousands of years
I have asked myself why

Faith, contrition, sincere contrition
Confession, sincere confession
(Yes Lord, yes Lord)
Redemption, absolution
Those who seek me shall find me

In the case of this man
Predestination my ways are mysterious
Sometimes even to myself
My ways are mysterious

Relax, old chum, relax
It's only a glorious game that we're playing
And in a few more year when I move up here
Things will never be the same

Same give to me
Same give to me, thank you
Same