It don't take much to be happy Some things you win ain't worth the fight Always have a home to come home to Sometimes it's wrong to be right And there's a bad kind of laughter And there's good kind of tears These are some things that I've learned It only took me 40 years You know the past will leave you burning If you don't let it go Tomorrow's what you make it You really do reap what you sow And there's a blind kind of courage And there's a good kind of fear And these are some things that I've learned It only took me 40 years And if it's true that I'm middle aged now, I'll take it 'Cause it took this long to get to where I am Second half will be all that I can make it Only this time around I'd understand You can't change another man's thinking by trying to win You just keep doing those things you believe in, again and again And there's a bad kind of thinking And there's a good kind of clear These are some things that I've learned It only took me 40 years