How sweet you are, how sweet you are How dear your tenderly smiling face Through days all bitter and gray and grim Through nights when even the stars are dim
How sweet to know my heart can glow From just the warmth of our first embrace The world's a lovelier world by far When I remember how sweet you are
Through days all bitter and gray and grim Through nights when even the stars are dim
How sweet to know my heart can glow From just the warmth of our first embrace The world's a lovelier world by far When I remember how sweet you are
In the sleepy town of San Juanita There's a story that a padre tells Of a gay Senor and Senorita And the serenade of the bells
Seems they asked the padre for permission To be married early in the spring But their folks had made just one condition That the mission bells had to ring
Every one knew the bells were broken And hadn't sounded for a long, long time Then one night, the village was astounded For the bells began to chime
Still the bells are broken, goes the story But if in your heart, a true love dwells They will ring for you in all their glory That's the serenade of the bells
Every one knew the bells were broken And hadn't sounded for a long, long time Then one night, the village was astounded For the bells began to chime
Still the bells are broken, goes the story But if in your heart, a true love dwells They will ring for you in all their glory That's the serenade of the bells
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