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The Happy Man
lyrics and music by John Lester

The happy man doesn’t have my status
And he’ll never earn the money I make
The happy man catches sideways glances
‘cause everybody thinks he’s Mother Nature’s mistake
But the happy man doesn’t have any problems
‘cause his mind doesn’t think that way
The happy man can’t worry ‘bout the future
So the happy man just lives for today
He lives for today
He lives for today

The happy man has some trouble when he’s walkin’
So he dances all the time
The happy man takes the long way home
Because he never could keep a straight line
The happy man doesn’t carry any baggage
‘cause he never knows if he’s gonna stay
The happy man can’t worry ‘bout the future
So then happy man just lives for today
He lives for today
He lives for today

Maybe I was given too much in this life
Or I’ve got too much time to think about what’s not going right
Because a little slow kid like we all teased in school
Has worked it all out while I’m still playin’ the fool
Maybe he’s here to help me understand
It really doesn’t have to take alot
To be a happy man
To be a happy man

The happy man likes to yell real loud
As he passes by my little coffee shack
The happy man likes the sound of his voice
As it bounces of the walls of our cul-de-sac
A passer by asks me “why’s he do that”
And I give the only answer I can
Though the guys a little slow, there’s one thing that I know,
He’s a very happy man

And I hear him singin’
Yea-e-yea-e-yea-e-yea-e-yea…


©John Lester

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from Big Dreams and the Bottom Line, released August 25, 2003

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Award-winning singer-songwriter, bassist and multi-instrumentalist.

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