Someone's standing in a welfare line

Or off the freeway with a hungry sign

Someone's stressing 'bout to lose their mind

I gotta be thankful, thankful Someone just became a single mother

Someone just lost a sister or brother

It's so important that we love each other

And be thankful, thankful I've gotta take the time to say

That I'm thankful, thankful

For every single breath that I take

I've gotta be thankful, thankful Someone's sitting in a prison cell

Wasting away in their own personal hell

Everybody's got their own story to tell

I've gotta be thankful, thankful Man, I used to think I didn't have a lot

Now I realize just how much I've got

Now every day I'm gonna take the time

And stop to be thankful, thankful Gotta take the time to say now

That I'm wanna be thankful, thankful

For every little breath that I take

I've gotta be thankful, thankful Anyone of these so easily

Could have been me

And if it had not been for grace and mercy

Who knows where I'd be? I've been riding on this roller coaster ride

Round and round I've seen the up and downside

And I'm here to tell you that the secret of life

Is being thankful, thankful I've gotta take the time to say

I'm so very thankful, thankful

For every little breath that I take

Lord you know I'm thankful, thankful Thankful, thankful

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Thankful, thankful

Thankful, thankful

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