B Side - Loudon Wainwright, III

It’s wonderful to be alive

To be a bee in this beehive

It’s tough as nails, it’s smooth as silk

It’s milk and honey, without milk

I work with flowers, it’s my work

From this, there’s no way that I can shirk

No-no-no-no-no, there is no complex philosophy

It’s just because I’m a bee

Unlike the skunk, I do not smell

But I have a thing and it stings like hell

As heroes go, I’m unsung

But step on me and you’ll get stung

You’ll get stung

The cutest bee I’ve ever seen

Is our own big, fat sexy queen

It’s true she hasn’t got such great legs

But you should see the girl lay eggs

It’s wonderful to be a bee

Although there are billions just like me

This hive of mine, I call it home

There is no place like comb sweet comb