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"