作曲 : Hall Now if you want to be happy, let me tell you how to do it You get up in the morning and you get right to it You bring home the bacon and you make a little bread You get a little sleepy and you go back to bed Life don't have to mean nothin' at all If everybody says you're a little to tall Go out and get yourself a basketball Dye your hair orange and put a ring in your ear And you can make 47 million dollars a year Life don't have to mean nothin' at all If everybody says you're a little to short Go out and get yourself a big ol' horse You can be a jockey if you got no fear And you can make 47 million dollars a year Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Be good to your sister and good to your brother Good to your poppa and good to your mother Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Now if you're a con man lookin' for a pigeon Go out and start a brand new religion Get on TV and make a money request And they can all go to Heaven while they're starvin' to death Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Now if everybody says you're a little too rough Go out and get yourself some boxing gloves Beat somebody up around the ears And you can make 47 million dollars a year Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Be good to your sister and good to your brother You might even try to be good to one another Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Now if everybody says you're a little to slick Get yourself into politics Get that office and get that power And you can spend 47 million dollars an hour Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Now if you can pick a guitar and sing through your nose Get yourself a bunch of cowboy clothes Sing about dying and shedding them tears And you can lose 47 million dollars a year Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Life don't have to mean nothin' at all Don't trouble your mind and worry your soul' Bout stuff you ain't supposed to know Life don't have to mean nothin' at all No, life don't have to mean nothin' at all