Loudon Wainwright Pretty Good Day Lyrics

Pretty Good Day Lyrics

I slept through the night, I got through to the dawn
I flipped a switch and
the light went on
I got out of bed and I put some clothes on
It’s
a pretty good day so far

I turned the tap, there was cold there was
hot
I put on my coat to go to the shop
I stepped outside, and I
didn’t get shot
It’s a pretty good day so far

I
didn’t hear any sirens or explosions
No murders coming in form those
heavy guns
No UN tanks, I didn’t see one
It’s a pretty good
day so far

No snipers in windows, taking a peak
No people panic,
running scared through the streets
I didn’t see any bodies without
arms, legs, or feet
It’s a pretty good day

There was plasma
bandages and electricity
Food, wood, and water; and the air was smoke
free
No camera crews from my TV

It was all such a strange sight to be
home
Nobody was frightened, wounded, hungry, or cold
And the children
seemed normal, they didn’t look old
It’s a pretty good day so
far

I walked through a park, you would not believe it
There in the
park, there were a few trees left
And on some branches, there were a few
leaves

I slept through the night, got through to the dawn
I flipped
the switch and the light went on
I wrote down my dream, I wrote this
song
It’s a pretty good day so far