So Beautiful or So What

[Verse 1]

I'm gon' make a chicken gumbo

Toss some sausage in the pot

I'm gonna flavor it with okra

Cayenne pepper to make it hot

[Refrain]

You know life is what we make of it

So beautiful or so what

[Verse 2]

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

[Refrain]

I tell them life is what you make of it

So beautiful or so what

[Chorus]

So beautiful

So beautiful

So what

[Verse 3]

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 a vacant lot

[Refrain]

You know life is what you make of it

So beautiful or so what

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

So beautiful

So beautiful

So what

[Bridge]

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"

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

So beautiful

So beautiful

So what