Greatness

I passed a stranger on the street He asked me for a light He looked at me kinda funny When I stopped to think twice I said, "My heart is full of darkness And I don't know what to do"... He said, "I'm just tryin' to smoke a cigarette here, I didn't mean to intrude..." I headed to the local dive In search of some relief I knew the cute bartender Has a philosophy degree I joked "Pour me a shot of Nietzsche" She said, "That's not the drink for you... You clearly need some inspiration I think I need a little, too..." We should be living the good life All over the place, all over the place We should be soaking up sunshine All over our face, all over our faces We were made for greatness She poured us a couple of Mai Tais And she said, "Let's run away, I can see we're kindred spirits, Life's too short to play these games... There must be 50 ways to leave our lovers, Simon says this much is true..." And with that, we slipped out the back, Jack And got a cheap hotel room We should be living the good life All over the place, all over the place We should be soaking up sunshine All over our face, all over our faces We were made for greatness We could live on nothin' Hangin' out on sunny beaches We don't need no money We were born with all we need, yeah We should be living the good life All over the place, all over the place We should be soaking up sunshine All over our face, all over our faces We were made for greatness We were made for greatness We were saved by grace, it's all around us I woke up with a stranger And she asked me for a light