Man Plans God Laughs
Written by Billy Carl Mancini, Published by Bonk Zone Music ASCAP ©2021

OK...I will confess...I was watching a Netflix series and heard someone say, "Man Plans God Laughs". I had never heard that phrase before and it really struck a nerve. So I knew I had to write a song with that sentiment. We all have our ideas about how our lives will go and how we want them to go. But...it's not always the way we want it. Sort of like a weather forecast on Channel 5 (or any channel). They tell you one thing, but it turns out differently.
-Billy Carl Mancini

Lyrics

Man plans God Laughs
Written by Billy Carl Mancini, Published by Bonk Zone Music ASCAP ©2021

Up in a room he hears the sound of things
He thought were sure to come
Get in a car with a guitar
And take the highway to the sun
There’s a pie up in the sky
And it cannot be a lie

Man Plans--God laughs

She’s getting restless like a twisted wind
That rolls across the plains
She needs to get away and find a place
Where nothing is the same
Where the future has begun
Such a perfect place to run

Man plans---God laughs
Man plans---God laughs

You can hope, take a chance
Growing old is just a place to pass the time
Tomorrow you can dance
But tomorrow’s promised to no one so try
To let it shine

Maybe together they can change the world
And face it like a stone
And they will never feel the loneliness
Of being all alone
Time will never take its toll
All we need is Rock and Roll

Man plans
(Every man works and plans, God laughs)
God laughs
(Every man works and plans, God laughs)

Man plans
(Every man works and plans, God laughs)
God laughs
(Every man works and plans, God laughs)