Lyrics

everything's gonna be much better
when i get my shit together
rich as a rose and free as a feather
when i get my shit together

[bridge]
don't know the year, don't know the date
but i'm gonna throw a big party
it'll start around eight
there'll be dinner and dancers
and a dixieland band
and everybody who comes is gonna
shake my hand and say
"it was a question of when, not a question of whether; i knew you'd get your shit together"

every song'll be sweet, every joke'll be clever
when i get my shit together
ladies will love me forever and ever
when i get my shit together

[bridge]
the white house will send me
a real nice form letter
the one they send every man
who gets his shit together
and i'll frame it and hang it in the hall
of my new victorian mansion by the waterfall
& it'll hang as a reminder for the rest of my life
which i'll spend in the arms
of some wonderful wife
and we'll make some children
and they'll make some more
and the kids'll tell stories about
grandpa before he got it together

yes, everything's gonna be much better
when i get my shit together
oh oh oh oh so much better
when i get my shit together

until it all comes to a terrible end
when i fall apart again