Lyrics All for the Best - Hunter Parrish, Wallace Smith, Godspell (The New Broadway Cast Recording)

All for the Best

When you feel sad, or under a curse
Your life is bad, your prospects are worse
Your wife is crying, sighing…
And your olive tree is dying,
Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying
And creditors weighing your purse…
Your mood and your robe
Are both a deep blue
You’d bet that Job
Had nothin' on you…
Don’t forget that when you go to Heaven you’ll be blessed.
Yes, it’s all for the best…
Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please,
Richer than the bees are in honey
Never growing old, never feeling cold
Pulling pots of gold from thin air
The best in every town, best at shaking down
Best at making mountains of money
They can’t take it with them, but what do they care?
They get the center of the meat, cushions on the seat
Houses on the street where it’s sunny.
Summers at the sea, winters warm and free
All of this and we get the rest…
But who is the land for?
The sun and the sand for?
You guessed!
It’s all for the best…
When you feel sad, or under a curse
Your life is bad, your prospects are worse
Your wife is crying, sighing…
And your olive tree is dying,
Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying
And creditors weighing your purse…
Your mood and your robe
Are both a deep blue
You’d bet that Job
Had nothin' on you…
Don’t forget that when you go to Heaven you’ll be blessed…
You guessed!
It’s all for the
Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please,
Richer than the bees are in honey
Never growing old, never feeling cold
Pulling pots of gold from thin air
The best in every town, best at shaking down
Best at making mountains of money
They can’t take it with them, but what do they care?
They get the center of the meat, cushions on the seat
Houses on the street where it’s sunny…
Summers at the sea, winters warm and free
All of this and we get the rest…
But who is the land for?
The sun and the sand for?
You guessed!
It’s all for the
You must never be distressed
Yes, it’s all for the…
All your wrongs will be redressed
Yes, it’s all for the…
Someone’s got to be oppressed!
Yes, it’s all for the best!!!