08 Life is Beautiful
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08 Life is Beautiful (5.17)
An eclectic and philosophical number.. starts off slow with a string quartet and then slips into soft reggae - with the string quartet rejoining later.
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
There’s no ghost in the machine, there’s no cycle of rebirth
Cmaj7 Fmaj7
That’s what I’ve come to think, for what it’s worth
G Am
The stories that we tell to help us through the years
G Fmaj7
To see us through the lonely veil of tears
I’ve and optimistic streak, I think that life is good
From my perspective perhaps you think – well so I should
But if my situation was otherwise
Perhaps I’d look beyond life for the prize
Em Fmaj7
Life is beautiful, watch the sunrise
Life is beautiful, dark nights give you starry skies
Life is beautiful, with all the ones you love
Life is beautiful, despite the push and shove
It’s all just a matter of cause and effect
What’s this consciousness that makes us all so circumspect
Take the good luck with the bad, treat those jokers just the same
Paraphrasing Kipling once again
So make the most of life and enjoy the ride
The greatest sin of all is just to let it slide
Take the opportunities that come your way
Disperse dark clouds with hopes of better days