Once I had it all planned out
My dirty fingers moved about
To make a mess of everything around me
Now I don't claim to know my way
I still run in circles every day,
Runnin' around half blind
Life can be unkind
But it's better than it was
It's better than it was
Oh, I complain very little because
It's better than it was
I get to remembering
We had a lot more money then
To make a mess of everything around us
Now that money comes and goes
A bit faster than my confidence grows
Everybody knows
There ain't nothin' new about money woes
But it's better than it was
It's better than it was
It's better than it was
It's better than we ever could have wished it to before
It was bad awhile ago,
Better this I know
It's better than it was,
Better than it was
I complain very little because
It's better than it was
Better than it was
Better than it was
Better than it was