Listen to Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today) by Neil Diamond

Talking Optimist Blues (Good Day Today)

Neil Diamond

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Neil Diamond

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Neil Diamond

Composer

Gretchen Peters

Gretchen Peters

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bob Gaudio

Producer

Justin Niebank

Mixing Engineer

Greg Parker

Assistant Recording Engineer

Doug Sax

Mastering Engineer

Rhett Davis

Assistant Recording Engineer

Chris Davie

Assistant Recording Engineer

Gavin Lurssen

Mastering Engineer

Mark Capps

Assistant Recording Engineer

King Williams

Assistant Recording Engineer

Joe Hayden

Assistant Recording Engineer

Eric Elwell

Assistant Recording Engineer

Mike Psanos

Assistant Recording Engineer

David Hall

Assistant Recording Engineer

Sandy Jenkins

Assistant Recording Engineer

Mark Ralston

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

I got worries by the ton

Gettin' cancer's only one

Overtaxed and alimonied

Tired of eatin' fried baloney

I got burdens on my shoulders

Dying young or growin' older

There's some brain cells I'm missin'

But despite it all, I'd like to say

I'm gonna have a good day today

Gonna have a good time anyway

Put it all behind me, lay it all away

Gonna be a good day today

Bills and pills and former wives

Past mistakes and former lives

Bank account is overdrawn

Out of Prozac, hairline's gone

Hearing voices in my head

Say I should've stayed in bed

Dog just died, but what the heck

Nothing worse can happen anyway

So

I'm gonna have a good day today

Me

I'm gonna have a good time anyway

Put it all behind me, lay it all away

Gonna be a good day today

Pulled my back and wrecked my car

Girlfriend stole my VCR

Letter came from Sixty Minutes

Say they wanna put me in it

Tell me my career just died

Years ago I might've cried

Now I'm just too old to do it

May be true, but screw it anyway

Me

I'm gonna have a good day today

And

I'm gonna have a good time anyway

Put it all behind me, lay it all away

Gonna be a good day today

Hey

I'm gonna have a good day today

Me

I'm gonna have a good time anyway

Put it all behind me, lay it all away

Gonna be a good day today

Written by: Gretchen Peters, Neil Diamond

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