John Wesley Harding
When All the Bad Things in Your Life Turn to Worth It
[Intro]
One, two, one two three four

[Verse 1]
Those resourceful Romeos have all revealed
You're the Juliet who couldn't be genteel
And the parents looked askance with much displeasure
As you dared to dance off with their little treasures
All the teachers who preached anguish and abstention
Treated you with distant condescension
Patronised your youthful indignation
With their idiotic indoctrination
Then they gave you bad grades just for being clever
And you're qualified to be in debt forever
Well whatever

[Chorus]
And you'll wonder what you did
And you'll think you don't deserve it
When all the bad things, bad things
All the bad things in your life turn to worth it
All the bad things in your life turn to worth it

[Verse 2]
All the candidates who claim to know your fears
Shit silence like it's verbal diarrhea
Suggest that your suggestions are so tired
Like they aspired to something higher
They gonna sack you when you give them the wrong answers
Or was it for failing to respond to his advances?
And now you're faced with a senator's enquiry
They're sequestering your private life in diaries
All those wretched Romeos now politicians
They're telling all the truth but with omissions
That's their decision
[Chorus]
And you'll think that you've been blessed
And you thought that you were cursed
When all the bad things, bad things
All the bad things in your life turn to worth it
When all the bad things in your life turn to worth it
When all the bad things in your life— (Piano)

[Verse 3]
The pages fly, the calendar gets thinner
Springs turns into summers into winters
Preachers will illuminate their candles
On all those Romeos with trousers round their ankles
The politicians surrender to indictment
All those teachers sacked for lack of excitement
Yeah, but these are not the reasons you endure
Revenge could never please a heart so pure
You thought your reward would be in heaven
Or at least a day job at the 7-11
But while everyone around you ran for cover
You found a secret, now your name is love

[Chorus]
And you'll wonder what you did
And you'll think you don't deserve it
When all the bad things, bad things
All the bad things in your life turn to worth it
When all the bad things in your life turn to worth it
When all the bad things in your life turn to worth—