Everything's Okay

[Intro] I went to the country just the other day To see my uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away I asked him how he'd been since last I'd passed his way And he rubbed his chin, here's what he had to say [Verse 1] "My wife's been sick, the young ones, too And I'm durn near down with the flu The cow's gone dry and them hens won't lay But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 2] "The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died The bees got mad and they left the hive The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 3] "The porch rotted down, that's more expense The darned old mule, he tore down the fence The mortgage is due and I can't pay But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 4] "The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans The durn rabbits, they got the turnip greens And my ma-in-law just moved in to stay But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 5] "My land's so poor, so hard and yeller You have to set on a sack of fertilizer to raise an umbrell-er And it rains out here nearly every day But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 6] "The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water Up from the spring about a mile and a quarter My helper, he quit for the lack of pay But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 7] "The house, it leaks, it needs a new top When it rains, it wets everything we got The chimney fell down just yesterday But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 8] "The cornmeal's gone and the meat's run out Got nothing to kill to put in the smokehouse The preacher's coming Sunday to spend the day But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 9] "The canned stuff's spoiled, else the jar's got broke And all we got left is one old billy goat We're gonna have a new baby about the first of May But we're still a-living, so everything's okay" [Verse 10] "My crop, it rotted in the ground I asked for another loan, but the banker turned me down But we're still a-living and we're praying for better days So after all, everything's in pretty good shape"