Well since you've left I've had no place to benI'll spend most everyday doing as I pleasenI've got pockets full of money; hear a jingle when I walknYeah it's a good life from now onnnNow if I walk down the street everybody knows my namenThey all step aside and let me go my waynThey all smile and snicker and some won't talk at allnYeah it's a good life from now onnnOh and all the fancy restaurants won't let me wait insidenThey serve me out the backdoor and never ask for a dimenSo you tell me what I'm missing and I'll tell you where you're wrongnYeah it's a good life from now onnnWell now I could go anywhere and live this waynI could catch a first class trip on a mountain bound trainnYeah 'cause I've got nothing left here to keep me hanging onnYeah it's a good life from now onnYeah it's a good life for me from now onn