I left home today
Packed my things and went my way
Made a little farther down the line than I had planned
Following the open road
Nearly down to Mexico
Moving like a river flowing gentle along the sand

Oh it's hard to see where I'm gonna be
Lately I don't try to understand
So I don't have to guess where I'm gonna land, I just say
Ain't life grand?

When I get to Angeles
Lost and found my shaky knees
Eating like a refugee while I grow bronze and tanned
I met my woman there
A golden blond with a voice so fair
That leaves me kind of misty-eyed when singing about her man

It's hard to see how it's gotta be
Though lately I don't try to understand
When I don't want to guess where I'm gonna land, I just say:
Ain't life grand?

All across the world today
People live and die they say
In traffic on the freeway with no drive to make a stand
Backed up down a one way street
Doomed to follow, never lead
Feels a little incomplete when life's a little bland

It gets hard to see how it's gotta be
Though lately I don't try to understand
I don't wanna guess where I'm gonna land, I'll just say:
Ain't life grand?