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The World Seems Happy
Album: The World Seems Happy...
THE WORLD SEEMS HAPPY - ITS JUST A STORY
I've watched a lot of my friends get on the drugs and alcohol rollercoaster and many of my songs have an underlying angst about the turmoil we obliviously create. This is my reflective song... a moment to ponder about WHY?
Why is it that most of the people we meet in our everyday lives seem happy and content.
"How ya goin mate?"
"Good Mate" ... "How ‘bout you?"
"Yeah I'm great"
Yet....underneath this shiny, bright exterior, deep within, we all have some form of anger, resent, hatred, conflict, confusion, struggle and a bounty of other negative emotions bubbling under the surface just waiting for the perfect moment to rear their ugly heads or the perfect person or situation to dump it all on.
Do we recognise the inner turbulence or spend all our time smiling on the outside whilst churning, squirming and burning on the inside? Do we know we silently attract more of the shit we avoid and anaesthetize with cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, shopping and other addictive obsessions?
Do we know what we want? What do you want???
I want what I think most others want....
Love, peace, happiness, equality, a clean, green, diverse safe planet to live in!
Until then...... the world seems happy, but it's not my place yet to LIVE in.
The World Seems Happy :: Lyrics
Words and Music by Johnnie McCarthy (1989) Copyright
The world seems happy but it's not my place yet to live in
People set in their ways think that life here's for taking
I'm pretty sure of the right way to go
There's lots of people who would love to know what to do now
Ah ha how to go
But it's clear that you're just not that kind
You'd rather settle on a messed up mind
Hey wipe your tears and your needle away
It's your life, but it's us who will pay when you're down girl
Ah yeah, well you're down now
Yeah, yeah on your way down ah down, down, ah down, down, down
Pick it up now, oh wipe it away
There's no such thing as a habit that's good
Oh but if only people understood
That this is why the world is like it is
Yeah today now, Ah but so what you say
Well it's clear that you just think you're fine
You'd rather sit there on your fat backsides
Leave it up to them, "there's nothing at all I can do"
You've got your lives and you're happy that way
But can't you see that soon all of us will pay
If you don't kick your habits and apathy away now
Cause we're down yeah, yeah were down now
Yeah, yeah on our way down ah down, down, ah down, down, down
Pick it up now, oh wipe it away
There's something you can do
That goes for me and you
So kick your habits away now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, kick em away
The world seems happy
But it's not my place yet to live in
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