There s plenty of food
on the table
Lots of love in the house
The children all do what
they re able to do
We got so much to be happy about.

I got a woman standing beside me
She really knows
how to stand by her man
She s strong and she s soft
and she s honest to me
She really helps me
to be a good man.

But nothing is perfect
in God s perfect plan
Look in the shadow to see
He only gave us the good things
so we d understand
What life without them would be.

There s plenty of wheat
on the prairies
Lots of coal in the mines
We got soldiers so strong
they can bury their dead
And still not go back
shooting blind.

There s women and men
on the workforce
Doing forty hours
plus overtime
So the hostages
held at the airport
Can come home
to something worthwhile.

But nothing is perfect
in God s perfect plan
Look in the shadow to see
He only gave us the good things
so we d understand
What life without them would be.

And there s plenty of food
on the table
Lots of love in the house
The children all do
what they re able to do
We got so much to be happy about.

I got a woman standing beside me
She really knows
how to stand by her man
She s strong and she s soft
and she s honest to me
It really helps me
to be a good man.

But nothing is perfect
in God s perfect plan
He only gave us the good things
so we d understand.
Nonothing is perfect
in God s perfect plan.

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