i promised you the good life and all the finer things fancy clothes cadillacs and lots of diamond rings the bible tells us that the lilies are the best dressed of the flowers but it s hard to dress a woman on 5 15 an hour playing all these songs i love wondering where you are smoking all these cigarrettes and drinking all this beer this is the good life so sad you weren t here solo now you say that you don t love me and honey that s alright cause i ve got lots of better things that i can do tonight like wondering what became of all the stars of yester year as i watched the angels dancing in the bubbles in my beer this is the good life singing in a bar playing all these songs i love wondering where you are smoking all these cigarrettes and drinking all this beer this is the good life so sad you weren t here