Happy Song

by The Family Grave

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The title track from the forthcoming album 'Happy Songs' (out 1st April 2022).

There's a video for this song made in collaboration with the photographer Jerry Webb here youtu.be/hWS3uRbKCek

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It's so easy, to sing a sad song,
There are so many sad songs to sing. .
The world turns out wrong for so many souls it seems.
The road is long,and there’s a heavy cross to bear,
Our skins so thin it's difficult not to care.
But I don't care how long the road goes on
Because at least it carries on,
Sing me a happy song.

Gonna try to sing the blues away.
Wind blows and sometimes clouds will stay.
But it doesn't matter if it's a cloudy day
Because at least it's another day,
And I don't care how long the day goes on
Because at least it carries on,
Sing me a happy song.

Tolstoy wrote people who are happy all look the same
But people who are sad are all sad in their own different ways.
And singing about sadness never made the pain go away
But if you felt nothing you'd have nothing to say.

So I don't care if it hurts sometimes
Because then I know that I'm still alive,
I wouldn't want to feel nothing at all
I wouldn't want to be that happy at all.

So sing me a happy song
sing me a happy song
sing me a happy song
sing me a happy song.

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released July 26, 2021
Jon - guitar, vocals and whistling
M. and Paul Pascoe - extra guitar

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The Family Grave Brighton, UK

The Family Grave is a singer-songwriter based in Brighton (UK).

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