you should be glad you should be happy to be alive you should be glad you should be happy my blood runs through your veins another stormy night up in memphis a band of black clouds rides overhead slept seven days and nights on an old greyhound dog came limping in to union station now that i have had my fun it s good to be back again we finally found the place in time to call our own she is uncontrollable let her cry let her cry let her cry she is inconsolable let her cry let her cry let her cry we don t have to do this we just walk away from here you should be glad you should be happy to be alive you should be glad you should be happy that the day is new i was dreaming we were floating down the natchez trace our angels were falling in i saw the outline of a spirit sliding cross the river laughing at cracks about the devil s backbone walking in the haze sunday s independence day another good excuse for a celebration we sang songs of liberty kind of takes the sting out of occupation now that i have had my fun it s good to be back again we finally found the time and place to call our own she is uncontrollable let her cry let her cry let her cry she is inconsolable let her cry let her cry let her cry but you don t have to do this just walk away from here she is uncontrollable let her cry let her cry let her cry she is inconsolable let her cry let her cry let her cry you should be glad you should be glad you should be glad you should be glad 