Simple Things

<p>Telephones ringing jet planes a leaving<br/>Another deadline to beat<br/>Driven by desire to get all I ever needed<br/>But still my life seemed incomplete<br/><br/>The crazy schedule the constant shuffle<br/>Workin&#x27; late every night<br/>The race that I was runnin&#x27; left me tired and empty<br/>There wasn&#x27;t any rest in sight<br/><br/>The pleasures of wealth<br/>Mixed with dreams of greater glory<br/>Once all my eyes could ever see<br/>I used to hear me say the busier the better<br/>But in these later days I&#x27;ve got another song to sing<br/>Thank you Lord for the simple things in life<br/>Like summer breeze on a starlit night<br/>Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find<br/>Thank you Lord for the simple things in life<br/>Like a happy home with a wonderful wife<br/>Oh I never knew the joy that I could find<br/>In the simple things<br/><br/>Friendly chatter the sounds of laughter<br/>At a backyard barbecue<br/>Children saying the darndest things<br/>Like &quot;Daddy I love you&quot;<br/><br/>The pleasures of wealth<br/>Mixed with dreams of greater glory<br/>Once all my eyes could ever see<br/>I used to hear me say the busier the better<br/>But in these later days I&#x27;ve got another song to sing<br/><br/>Thank you Lord for the simple things in life<br/>Like summer breeze on a starlit night<br/>Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find<br/>Thank you Lord for the simple things in life<br/>Like a happy home with a wonderful wife<br/>Oh I never knew the joy that I could find<br/>In the simple things<br/>Oh the simple things<br/>Thank you Lord for the simple things in life<br/>Like summer breeze on a starlit night<br/>Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find<br/>Thank you Lord for the simple things in life<br/>Like a happy home with a wonderful wife<br/>Oh I never knew the joy that I could find<br/>In the simple things<br/>Oh the simple things