I'm going to make a chicken gumbo 
Toss some sausage in the pot 
I'm going to flavor it with okra 
Cayenne pepper to make it hot 
You know life is what we make of it 
So beautiful or so what

I'm going to tell my kids a bedtime story 
A play without a plot 
Will it have a happy ending? 
Maybe yeah, maybe not 
I tell them life is what you make of it 
So beautiful or so what

So beautiful 
So beautiful 
So what

I'm just a raindrop in a bucket 
A coin dropped in a slot 
I am an empty house on Weed Street 
Across the road from the vacant lot 
You know life is what you make of it 
So beautiful or so what

Ain't it strange the way we're ignorant 
How we seek out bad advice 
How we jigger it and figure it 
Mistaking value for the price 
And play a game with time and love 
Like pair of rolling dice 
So beautiful 
So beautiful 
So what

Four men on the balcony 
Overlooking the parking lot 
Pointing at a figure in the distance 
Dr. King has just been shot 
And the sirens long melody 
Singing Savior Pass Me Not

Ain't it strange the way we're ignorant 
How we seek out bad advice 
How we jigger it and figure it 
Mistaking value for the price 
And play a game with time and love 
Like a pair of rolling dice 
So beautiful 
So beautiful 
So beautiful