There's plenty of food
  on the table
  Lots of love in the house
  The children all do what
  they're able to do
  We got so much to be happy about.
    I got a woman standing beside me
  She really knows
  how to stand by her man
  She's strong and she's soft
  and she's honest to me
  She really helps me
  to be a good man.
    But nothing is perfect
  in God's perfect plan
  Look in the shadow to see
  He only gave us the good things
  so we'd understand
  What life without them would be.
    There's plenty of wheat
  on the prairies
  Lots of coal in the mines
  We got soldiers so strong
  they can bury their dead
  And still not go back
  shooting blind.
    There's women and men
  on the workforce
  Doing forty hours
  plus overtime
  So the hostages
  held at the airport
  Can come home
  to something worthwhile.
    But nothing is perfect
  in God's perfect plan
  Look in the shadow to see
  He only gave us the good things
  so we'd understand
  What life without them would be.
    And there's plenty of food
  on the table
  Lots of love in the house
  The children all do
  what they're able to do
  We got so much to be happy about.
    I got a woman standing beside me
  She really knows
  how to stand by her man
  She's strong and she's soft
  and she's honest to me
  It really helps me
  to be a good man.
    But nothing is perfect
  in God's perfect plan
  He only gave us the good things
  so we'd understand.
  No, nothing is perfect
  in God's perfect plan.