[Intro]
    x3

[Verse 1]
         
The little boy

             
 at the airpor

            
t waving his f

           
ather goodbye
              
The lover in t

           
he bedroom say

              
ing, "I'm sorr

    
y I lied"
              
The small plas

             
tic window fil

            
ls with irides

     
cent light
              
The Devil and 

             
an angel with 

            
their eternal 


fight

[Chorus]
              
What a wonderf

   
ul life
            
  What a wonde

          
rful life
         
  What a wonde

        
rful life
            
  What a wonde

       
rful life

[Verse 2]
         
The spider in 

           
the kitchen tr

              
yna stay out o

       
f the cold
         
The pale  girl

             
 in the bathro

            
om, wearing he

              
r grandmother'

  
s gold
              
Church bells a

           
re ringing, so

              
mebody must ha

   
ve died
              
The eyes of th

           
e animal froze

              
n in the headl


ights

[Chorus]
              
They're sayin'

              
, oh, what a w

         
onderful life
            
  What a wonde

          
rful life
         
  What a wonde

        
rful life
            
  What a wonde

       
rful life

[Interlude]
    x2

[Verse 3]
         
The skinhead i

             
n the handcuff

            
s blowing his 

           
mother a kiss
              
The student at

            
 the protest w

             
iping the bloo

      
d off her lips
              
The fireworks 

             
exploding, the

            
 clock strikes

   
 midnight
              
And I'm sat he

            
re watching, g

             
ripping the wh

      
eel so tight

[Chorus]
              
What a wonderf

   
ul life (What 

a wonderful li

fe)
            
  What a wonde

       
rful life (Wha

t a wonderful 

life)
         
  What a wonde

        
rful life (Wha

t a wonderful 

life)
            
  What a wonde

         
rful life, oh

[Outro]
          
St. Peter's ca

     
lling
          
St. Peter's ca

     
lling
          
St. Peter's ca


lling
            
And I don't wa

       
nna die, die
             
No, no, I don'

         
t wanna die