That's Life-a-ringy-a-dingy-dind-ding-doodle

"That's Life-a-ringy-a-dingy-dind-ding-doodle"

Song Information Characters: Ned "Ol' Four Eyes" Flanders Appearance(s): Flanders' Book of Faith

"That's Life-a-ringy-a-dingy-dind-ding-doodle" is a song by Ned as a part of The Lyrical Stylin's of Ned Flanders: A Jaunty Gent of All Genres.

Lyrics

Had a wife 'til the good Lord took her.

He brought her down

With an air-bazooka.

Now I'm missin' her meatloaf

And her low-fat apple strudel.

But that's life,

That's life-a-ringy-a-dingy-dind-ding-doodle.

I've been a winner, a loser, a lover, a liver,

A dad to Todd and to Rod.

I live next door to Homer Simpson,

And I still believe in God.

And each time I fe-fo-find myself down on my knewws

I don't even ask, "How-do, Lord, why me?"

No siree-bob! That's life,

And I won't dispute it.

Run it up the ol' flag-diddily-pole,

I'll stand and salute it.

That's life,

So darn pick-adilly fickle.

One day I'm thinkin' it ain't worth a silly nickel.

The next day I'm feelin' frisky

As a miniature poodle.

Becuase that's life,

That's life-a-ringy-a-dingy-dind-ding-doodle!

Behind the Laughter

The song is a parody of the Frank Sinatra song "That's Life", written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon. The "-a-ringy-a-dingy-dind-ding-doodle" part is Flanders' take on Sinatra's saying (and later song and album) "ring-a-ding-ding".

Appearances

• Book – Flanders' Book of Faith