Ray Stevens - Makin' the Best of a Bad Situation lyrics

Now, I know a man he's a hard workin' man
He gets up real early, and he goes down town
And about fifteen minutes after
He's been gone
There's a big milk truck pulls up on the lawn
And that milkman rushes up to the door
Where that man's wife is waitin' in a kimona
And she plants a big ol' kiss on
His cheek and they go inside
And that truck never moves for an hour or two
Well it's none of my business
One day I called him aside and
Told him what was goin' on while he was gone
And he said, "Well I guess that's so
But do you know we're never outta' milk or
Cottage cheese or yogurt
Ice cream, or none of them other cowy things"
I guess he's makin' the best
Of a bad situation
Don't wanta make waves, can't you see
He's just makin' the best of a bad situation
Reckon I'd do the same if it was me

Now I know a man, he's an educated man
He's an alligator wrestler
He jumps right in there and
Grabs them long green boogers
By whatever you grab them
Long green boogers by
Well, one day he's got a full
Nelson on this big alligator
When this other alligator sneaks up and
Bites his right ear plumb off
Didn't bat an eye just crawled off in
The shade and went to sleep
The alligator not the man
Well, it's none of my business
One day I said, "Well
It's sure too bad about that
Little accident that you had

'Cause now your hat's gonna fall
Down over your eyes
And you can't ever be gypsy 'cause you don't
Have no place to wear a gold earring"
He just looked me right straight
In the eye and said "Huh?"

I guess he's makin' the best
Of a bad situation
Don't wanna make waves, can't you see
He's just makin' the best of a bad situation
Reckon I'd do the same if it was me

Now I know a lady, she's a mighty fine lady
Got a heart of gold, she wouldn't hurt a fly
She's just tryin' to get by and
Keep her house in order
But, you know that her husband
He worked so hard that he come unglued
He come unwrapped, he just snapped
Thinks he's a chicken that's right
One of them cackling Colonel Sanders' types
He roosts in the bush by
The side of the house
Well it's none of my business
But one day I said
"Have you ever thought about findin' him a
Doctor who could make him well"
And she said "Well, I have now and then
But then again he don't eat much just
Chickenfeed and all that
Peckin' in the ground don't hurt nothin'
Heaven knows, we can use the eggs"
I guess she's makin' the best
Of a bad situation
Don't wanna make waves, can't you see
She's just makin' the best of a bad situation
Reckon I'd do the same if it was me

We're all just makin' the best
Of a bad situation
We're all in this together you and me