Life is Better with a Plan

Original: “Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don’t It.” 

by Doc Watson

“Life Always Better with a Plan”

By re-imagined Brad Happel

C

The sun goes up

                    D

And the sun goes down

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And he hands on the clock 

                    C

Goes around and round

C

I just get up

                                    D

And shucks, it’s time to lay down,

            G7

Life’s always better with a plan

 

My shoes untied, but shuck, I don’t care

I reckon I’m not a goin’ anywhere

I’d wash my face and comb my hair

But it’s too much wasted effort

 

I open the door, & the flies swam in

I close the door. & I’m sweatin' again

And in the process, I cracked my shin

Life’s always better with a plan.

 

The cow went dry, & hen won’t lay

All the fish quit biting Saturday

My troubles keep pilling day by day

And now I’m a getting’ Dandruff

 

I sent my boy off to music school

And he promised to learn every rule

Now he’s back, and what do you know?

Living in the basement with an old banjo

 

I reach for my wallet, I got no cash

Look down at the gage, the car’s out of gas

It’s cold outside, I find my bottle of booze

Miles from home, get out my waking shoes

 

There’s a mouse a gnawing on my cupboard door

I guess he’s been at it a month or more

When he’s finished, he’ll sure be sore

There’s not a durn thing in it!

 

You can ask my honey, I been feeling kinda crummy

Everybody knows I not so good with money

I ask my friend the squirrel, to make me a referral.

I know his nuts are safe from winter peril

 

The death and taxes Pain and Woe

And aches and misery

And now I’ve got a cold in my nose

Like’s always better with a plan

 

The sun goes up & the sun goes down

And the hands on the clock goes around & around

I just get up and shucks, it’s time to lay down

Tomorrow always better with a plan!

 

Just go downtown, I not fooling around

Ask Brad, my man, for a plan!!