Tried so hard to To give more than he had And wanted so much To make it better when things got bad And when the load became too much to bear He'd heard her voice whisper in his ear Count your blessings and leave the rest I just have one request Don't compare yourself To what you think is best This is no contest, no one else to impress Count your blessings and leave the rest Those were the words He needed to hear most When all the demons were talking to the ghosts When it was easy to keep on giving in He think of her and start singing again Count your blessings and leave the rest I just have one request Don't compare yourself To what you think is best This is no contest, no one else to impress So, count your blessings and leave the rest And I'm not saying it's an easy ride And I'm not saying we're gonna make it out alive But I just know We can make it through the night And see the morning light ♪ And then she sounded like an angel (ooh, ooh) Like someone, he once knew Count your blessings and leave the rest I just have one request Don't compare yourself To what you think is best This is no contest, no one else to impress Count your blessings and leave the rest Count your blessings and leave the rest Count your blessings And leave the rest Leave the rest C'mon, leave Won't you leave? The rest, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh