I've hung out with people with money, And I've hung out with people without I've had friends in high cotton honey, And friends with beans for a bank account Now what I've learned is to short for a book, And to long for a bumper sticker In this ol' world there ain't nothin' for sure, But far as I can figure CHORUS: You can't get rich in Las Vegas You can't retire on minimum wages But with a little bit of love, And some cable TV We can be happy, relatively happy Cool as a glass of ice tea Happy as we wanna be Life dishes out some difficult lessons Life might hit us with a couple low blows But when we stop and count up our blessin's It takes ten fingers and a couple of toes Now I've found out what really counts Is what they don't teach in college 'Cause it says right here on page number one In the book of common knowledge CHORUS: Yeah with a little bit of love And some cable TV We Can be happy, relatively happy Cool as a glass of ice tea Happy as we wanna be