Dragged myself from my bed around 20 past 6
Get my kids up, make breakfast
One egg, two toast, three Weetabix
And as I sit down, I look up
And youre standing in the doorway, sun at your back
In my old brown dressing gown
Well no one could love you more than I love you now
But I gotta go, runnin for the bus
Coat flyin and Im tryin not to miss it this time
But the drivers waitin and thats strange
Kids on the top deck - quiet for a change
And theres no rain and no road works
In the bus lane and all my hurts run away
And Im smilin as Im punchin in
The day I died was the best day of my life
Tell my friends and my kids and my wife
Everything will be all right
The day I died was the best day of my life
Secretaries have got a smile for me
And the in tray on my desks almost empty
I get a memo from executive Joe
Saying Rob-the-Gob is getting kicked out
For embezzlin funds from the company account
And Id be lying if I said I wasnt chuffed
Cause I always hated Rob
And now theyll probably offer me Robs old job
And in the park at lunch theres no winos on my favourite bench
None of that drunk chatter, none of that pissy stench
And the scrawny little pigeons with their gammy legs
Decide to dine from someone elses sandwich instead
And theres something about the city today
Like all the colours conspired to overwhelm the grey
And this close to the fire I can feel no cold
With a rainbow halo around my soul
The day I died was the best day of my life
Tell my friends and my kids and my wife
Everything will be all right
The day I died was the best day of my life
So I leave work, get to the high street
And I miss my bus, should I wait for another?
No I cant be arsed I begin to walk
And the rush hour crowd seems to part like the red sea
And Im stoppin at the offy
20 cigarettes and a six-pack to relax me
And as I cross back over the street
I guess I never saw that taxi
The day I died was the best day of my life
Tell my friends and my kids and my wife
Everything will be all right
The day I died was the best day of my life