My Daddy used to say to me
“Well Ain’t life grand?
You got to keep your focus to get where you planned
Don’t let people waste your time
One day you’ll understand
‘Cause every minute lost is just another grain of sand”

I’ve kept my shoulder to the wheel
My eye upon the prize
My Daddy’s words inside me front and center in my eyes
And everything turned out almost exactly as I planned
When people ask how
I just say “Ain’t life grand?”

Life is what you make it
It surely can sure be grand
So go out there and take it
It’s right at your command

I tell my kids the same thing that my daddy said to me
You got to pay your dues because nothin’ comes for free
Hard work is still the way for you to reach your destiny
This will never change it just the way it has to be

So take a tip from me
No matter where you stand
If you not gettin’ to the place you always planned
Take a new direction life can still be grand

You only get one time around
You better get it right
Or there will come a time that you’ll be cryin’ in the night
So look into the hourglass
Those falling grains of sand
Ask yourself the question “Baby Ain’t life grand?”