“We’re the big door prize!”

“In spite of ourselves, we’ll end up sittin’ on a rainbow.  Against all odds, honey we’re the big door prize”  In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine

Prine’s lyrics are often deceptively simple until you find the substance behind them – or maybe I just overthink them. Anyway, this seems like one of those.  Hidden in a humorous little song is this thought that people and relationships are what really matter.  Yes, there’s all that stuff, all that obsession over things and achievements, but when all is said and done, those things fade in time, and one day, if we are lucky, we realize that “against all odds, honey we’re the big door prize,” and go about our lives with that in mind.