Bobby Darin

Happy

Written by: Michel Legrand/William “Smokey” Robinson
Produced by: Bob Crewe
Arranged by: Ben Lanzarone
Appears on: Darin 1936-1973 (Motown) LP
A side of: “Something in Her Love”
Recorded: 1972 (The “Happy” recording session)
Released: 1972
Love theme from the motion picture: Lady Sings the Blues
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Sadness had been …

Close as my next of kin
Then happy came one day

      Chased my blues away
      My life began when happy smiled
      Sweet like candy to a child
      Stay here and love me just a while
      Let sadness see what happy does
      Let happy be where sadness was …

      Happy, that's you
      You made my life brand new
      Lost as a little lamb was I till you came in
      My life began when happy smiled
      Sweet like candy to a child
      Stay here and love me just a while
      Let sadness see what happy does
      Let happy be where sadness was

      Till now …

      Where have I been?
      Whoa, what lifetime was I in?
      Suspended between time and space
      Lonely until …

      Happy came smiling up at me
      Sadness had no choice but to flee
      I said a prayer so silently
      Let sadness see what happy does
      Let happy be where sadness was

Till now …

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