Marc Shaiman - It Doesn't Get Better Than This lyrics

Wilbur: Spoken- "Tracy, my little petunia, even I used To get discouraged about the future. Luckily, I had a Wonderful family to turn to." When I was a tot not much older than three My father would sit me on his one good knee He hacked and he coughed from those three packs a day But he still found the lung-power to say: "Ohhh, the… future looks dark, may be troubles ahead You at least have tomorrow but I may be dead." Then he yelled from the can taking his final piss: "Kid! it doesn't get better than this!" Wilbur: Spoken- "Feel better, Tracy?" Tracy: Spoken- "Um… Sorta…" Wilbur: Spoken- "Alright, then, listen to this!" My mother loved dope, and tobacco she'd chew Each morning at breakfast she'd knock back a few She walked me to school with her eyes shiny red; I can still smell her breath as she said: "Ohhh, the… future looks bright, Wilbur, don't make a fuss." Then she stepped off the curb, and got hit by a bus So, don't wait for the future. It's all hit or miss Kid, it doesn't get better than this Oh, No! Don't count your troubles. Things may take a turn for the worse Life keeps sticking you up, till' they're picking you up in a hearse. Oh, Nurse! My uncle wore raincoats though it never rained He showed off the lining, till' someone complained When he got arrested, he said: "What the hell!" And he wrote me this note from his cell: "Ohhh, the… future looked grim when the judge gave me life But I've hung up my raincoat 'cause I found a wife Yes, Herman and I live in pure wedded bliss Kid, it doesn't get better than this." Sooo, your…future looks bleak and you can't find your smile Baby, life's just a joke, why not laugh for a while? Now, how 'bout a hug? Give your old man a kiss! Tracy: Spoken- "Daddy…" 'Cause it doesn't get better than this No, it doesn't… get better… than this…