Grand Optimist

	I fear I'll die from complications, complications due to things that I've left undone
	That all my debts will be left unpaid, feel like a cripple without a cane
	I'm like a jack of all trades who’s a master of none
	Then there's my father he's always looking on the bright side
	Saying things like “Son life just ain’t that hard”
	He is the grand optimist, I am the world’s poor pessimist
	You give him burdens sometimes and he will escape unscarred
	I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother
	But I used to be quite resilient, gained no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
	And now the wound has begun to turn, another lesson that has gone unlearned
	But this is not a cry for pity or for sympathy
	I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother
	I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother

	I fear I' ll die from complications, complications due to things that I' ve left undone
	That all my debts will be left unpaid, feel like a cripple without a cane
	I' m like a jack of all trades who' s a master of none
	Then there' s my father he' s always looking on the bright side
	Saying things like " Son life just ain' t that hard"
	He is the grand optimist, I am the world' s poor pessimist
	You give him burdens sometimes and he will escape unscarred
	I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother
	But I used to be quite resilient, gained no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
	And now the wound has begun to turn, another lesson that has gone unlearned
	But this is not a cry for pity or for sympathy
	I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother
	I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother