[Intro]
      


[Verse 1]
             
I've been long

             
, a long way f

        
rom here
             
 Put on a ponc

             
ho, played for

              
 mosquitoes, a

             
nd drank 'til 

              
I was thirsty 

       
again
             
We went search

             
ing through th

             
rift store jun

     
gles
             
Found Geronimo

             
's rifle, Mari

              
lyn's shampoo 

             
and Benny Good

              
man's corset a

   
nd pen


[Pre-Chorus]
             
Well, okay I m

         
ade this up
             
I promised you

              
 I'd never giv

  
e up


[Chorus]
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, it ca

             
n't be that ba

   
d
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, then 

              
why the hell a

                  
re you so sad?


[Verse 2]
            
You get down, 

              
real low down
             
You listen to 

        
Coltrane, dera

il your own tr

ain
             
Well, who hasn

              
't been there 

  
before?
            
I come around,

             
 around the ha

         
rd way
             
CBring you com

              
ics in bed, sc

             
rape the mold 

              
off the bread,

    
 and serve you

 French toast 

again


[Pre-Chorus]
             
Well, okay I s

         
till get stone

d
             
I'm not the ki

              
nd of girl you

        
'd take home


[Chorus]
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, it ca

             
n't be that ba

   
d
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, then 

              
why the hell a

         
re you so  sad

?


[Instrumental Break]

        x2
  



[Verse 3]
             
We've been far

             
, far away fro

        
m here
             
Put on a ponch

             
o, played for 

              
mosquitoes and

             
 everywhere in

           
 between


[Pre-Chorus]
             
Well, okay we 

     
get along
             
So, what if ri

              
ght now everyt

       
hing's wrong?


[Chorus]
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, it ca

             
n't be that ba

   
d
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, then 

              
why the hell a

               
re you so sad?
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, it ca

             
n't be that ba

   
d
              
If it makes yo

           
u happy, then 

              
why the hell a

         
re you so sad?