I don’t claim I’m a smart man but I’ll tell you something you might like.
I go to bed happy every night and I’ll tell you the reason why.
There are 4 things in life
Oh baby how I tried
4 things for happiness
Can you make them mine?
Steak when I’m hungry,
Whiskey when I’m dry,
The girl that I love,
And heaven when I die.

I met a man the other day. He’d been walking for 20 years and this is what he finds:
There are 4 things in life that he was trying to find
4 things for happiness, will he ever find
Steak when he’s hungry
Whiskey when he’s dry
The girl that he loves
And heaven when he dies.

I met a girl the other day. She was mighty fine.
A string of roses around her neck, how I wish she was mine
She couldn’t offer any of those things
She couldn’t make them mine
She didn’t offer any of those things
She didn’t even try.
No Steak when I was hungry
No whiskey when I was dry
She wasn’t the girl that I loved
But I’ll get to heaven when I die.

(Carman, BMI)