Happy people
living in a sad world
Happy people
living in a sad world

Everyone comes from somewhere
I leave and you arrive
I watch you on the staircase
taking two steps at a time
I wonder if you need me
I think I’m gonna cry
The outside world demands me
and I have to say goodbye

Happy people
Living in a sad world
Happy people
Living in a sad world

All the pomp and circumstance
can’t drag me away from this
A simple suburban love affair
where you fight and then you kiss
(Do you call me a fool?)
The feeling of epic grandeur
at the end of a summer’s day
The sense of so much missing
when the world gets in the way

Happy people
living in a sad world
Happy people
living in a sad world

People, happy people
People, happy people

No one comes from nowhere
I leave and you arrive
It’s the rhythm of our history
It’s the beat behind our lives
(Do you call me a fool?)
A blues would be in B flat
pain defining wisdom
but the soul is in the high hat
programmed in the system

Happy people
living in a sad world
Happy people
living in a sad world