It Was A Very Good Day
Zich, Karel
My Party (1984)

It was a very good day
One of them kind
And I'm still feelin' fine
Everythin' started
Way back in June
Nineteen-forty-nine
That's when I was born
And I don't remember
Nothing from these days
As it is now
I'm another member
Of the human race

Now I'm here ever since I got
The ticket for a show
Sometimes livin' on the highest spot
And sometimes pretty low
Now I'm here with my ups and downs
I don't ask for a loan
Among the other clowns
I try to be my own

It was a very good day
When I saw the world
As either good or bad
And I never knew
What's there for takin'
And what's not to be had
So that's where I started
From complete zero
Believin' in my fate
Up to this day
I'm not a hero
But I try to play it straight

Now I'm here ever since I got
The ticket for a show
Sometimes livin' on the highest spot
And sometimes pretty low
Now I'm here with my ups and downs
I don't ask for a loan
Among the other clowns
I try to be my own

It was a very good day
No one but me
Knows the ways of my own life
Since that July forty-nine
I'm glad to be alive

Now I'm here ever since I got
The ticket for a show
Sometimes livin' on the highest spot
And sometimes pretty low
Now I'm here with my ups and downs
I don't ask for a loan
Among the other clowns
I try to be my own