Lyrics

Well it's a great big beautiful world--much to my surprise.
I was walking around in the dark and I just opened my eyes.

And there's a big red sun on the hilltop, and a big blue sky overhead.
It looks so much like Heaven, I'm afraid I might be dead.

Maybe I was, but I'm not anymore--maybe that's why--
I woke up this morning, and it's a great big beautiful world.

There's a fog coming up from the river. There's crows in the apple tree.
Sometimes I feel like God is talking to me.

He's saying now is the time. And love is the word.
She's saying sit right here in the morning sun and listen to the mockingbird.

Maybe these voices I hear are the way I wish that it were.
But all I can tell you is it's a great big beautiful world.

I could be climbing the ladder at Wal-Mart.
But something keeps telling me life is way too short.

I feel like Mother Teresa, without all the dirty work.
I hope it's not, but it could be true that I'm still the same old jerk.

Maybe it's all just a dream of the way I wish that it were.
But what can I tell you? It's a great big beautiful world.

It's a great big beautiful world....