I have had a most fortunate life--
Work I love, an adorable wife
And the means to develop my art;
But these things make up just a small part
Of all that I should be thankful for:
Somewhere that I don't live anymore
Is a place seeming quite close to hell;
I've escaped and all is very well.
Chorus:
I am grateful to be where I am now;
It is fateful I got away somehow.
I am grateful I was able to break free
From the hateful place that would have killed me.
I don't know who it is I should thank.
Who pulled me from the depths where I sank?
Was an angel smiling overhead?
Did he like something that I once said?
Did he simply take pity of me?
Do I have virtues that he could see?
Whatever the reasons for his aid,
Gratitude in me must never fade.
Chorus
Never take for granted what you've got:
To you it's little, but to some it's a lot.
