Makin' The Best Of A Bad Situation
Ray Stevens

Now, I know a man

He's a hard workin' man

He gets up real early, and he goes down town

And about fifteen minutes after he's been gone

There's a big milk truck pulls up on the lawn

And that milkman rushes up to the door

Where that man's wife is waitin' in a kimona

And she plants a big ol' kiss on his cheek and they go

Inside

And that truck never moves for an hour or two

Well it's none of my business

One day I called him aside and told him what was goin'

On

While he was gone

And he said, Well I guess that's so, but do you know

We're never outta' milk or cottage cheese or yogurt,

Ice cream, or none of them other cowy things


I guess he's makin' the best of a bad situation

Don't wanta make waves, can't you see

He's just makin' the best of a bad situation

Reckon I'd do the same if it was me


Now I know a man, he's an educated man, he's an

Alligator wrestler

He jumps right in there and grabs them long green

Boogers by whatever you

Grab them long green boogers by...

Well, one day he's got a full Nelson on this big

Alligator

When this other alligator sneaks up and bites his right

Ear plumb off...

Didn't bat an eye just crawled off in the shade and

Went to sleep

The alligator not the man

Well, it's none of my business

One day I said, Well, it's sure too bad about that

Little accident that you had


'Cause now your hat's gonna fall down over your eyes

And you can't ever be gypsy 'cause you don't have no

Place to wear a gold earring

He just looked me right straight in the eye and said,

Huh?


I guess he's makin' the best of a bad situation

Don't wanna make waves, can't you see

He's just makin' the best of a bad situation

Reckon I'd do the same if it was me


Now I know a lady, she's a mighty fine lady

Got a heart of gold, she wouldn't hurt a fly

She's just tryin' to get by and keep her house in order

But you know that her husband, he worked so hard that

He come unglued

He come unwrapped, he just snapped, thinks he's a

Chicken...

That's right, one of them cackling Colonel Sanders'

Types

He roosts in the bush by the side of the house

Well it's none of my business but one day I said

Have you ever thought about findin' him a doctor who

Could make him well

And she said Well, I have now and then, but then again

He don't eat much just chickenfeed and all that peckin'

In the ground don't hurt nothin'...

Heaven knows, we can use the eggs


I guess she's makin' the best of a bad situation

Don't wanna make waves, can't you see

She's just makin' the best of a bad situation

Reckon I'd do the same if it was me


We're all just makin' the best of a bad situation

We're all in this together you and me


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